# Fractures at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `20211110182` · 11/26/2021 · EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast
- **Location:** 1955 St. Clair Ave., EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, 43920
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a cable telecommunication line at a residential home. While servicing the receiver box on the outside of the home adjacent to an outdoor basement staircase, the employee tripped or lost footing and fell into the stairwell, resulting in fractured ribs.

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