# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Windstream Communications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021054015` · 5/17/2021 · KNOX CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Communications, LLC
- **Location:** 207 N. Ave A, KNOX CITY, TEXAS, 79529
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder. The ladder twisted and the employee fell about 12-15 feet, suffering a rib injury, a spine injury, and a bruised lung.

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