# Fractures at Frontier Communications
> OSHA SIR `2022032693` · 3/25/2022 · PLAIN CITY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Communications
- **Location:** 000 Didn't know at time of reporting, PLAIN CITY, OHIO, 43064
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2022, an employee was preparing to install a new service at a residential home. The employee set up a ladder with retractable hooks and as he was climbing the ladder it started to slide causing the employee to fall to the ground with the ladder. The employee fractured their wrist and ankle and was hospitalized.

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