# Fractures at Standard Wireless Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108943` · 10/11/2022 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Telecommunications and cell phone towers
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Wireless Group, LLC
- **Location:** American Tower site #01046, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73111
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a cell phone tower when their chest device stopped and the force broke the rope. The employee fell and struck the ice bridge of the tower, resulting in a broken left femur.

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