# Fractures at AM Communications LTD
> OSHA SIR `2021043142` · 4/14/2021 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AM Communications LTD
- **Location:** 1386 Nottingham Rd, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25314
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell off a ladder while repairing a drop line. The employee landed on blacktop and suffered hip and skull fractures, a sprained left arm, and a gash over an eye.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*