# Fractures at comcast
> OSHA SIR `2021054311` · 5/27/2021 · NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** comcast
- **Location:** 392 Ashley Boulevard, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02745
- **NAICS:** 334220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 28-foot ladder holding onto a cable that was being replaced. A truck struck the cable and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken neck, shoulder, arm, wrist, and fingers.

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