# Fractures at ARE Telecommunications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021109233` · 10/26/2021 · FLORENCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ARE Telecommunications, LLC
- **Location:** 323 Hillcrest Circle, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
- **NAICS:** 517312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a main cable line at a private residence while on a 28-foot extension ladder when the ladder shifted and the employee fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to both ankles and a broken wrist.

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