# Fractures at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2022042980` · 4/4/2022 · HAGAMAN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 142 Shuttleworth Ave., HAGAMAN, NEW YORK, 12086
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Charter Communications service technician was at a customer's location installing a communications line between telephone poles. While descending a ladder, the technician's foot slipped off a rung and he fell approximately 10 to 14 feet to a paved surface. He landed on his back and fractured a vertebra.

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