# Fractures at CenturyLink
> OSHA SIR `2021098394` · 9/29/2021 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CenturyLink
- **Location:** 1509 Dearborn, CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83605
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at mid-span between two telephone poles (that is, on a ladder set between the poles and designed to fit between them). The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 12 feet below, landing on his feet and shattering both heels.

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