# Fractures at AM Communications
> OSHA SIR `2021119752` · 11/10/2021 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## 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:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** AM Communications
- **Location:** 1010 W. Amarillo BLVD, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79124
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 28-foot ladder, preparing to change an aerial cable line. The ladder fell backward with the employee on it. The employee suffered a broken sternum and a head injury.

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