# Fractures at Comcast Cable
> OSHA SIR `2023021872` · 2/28/2023 · MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast Cable
- **Location:** 710 Foxcroft Avenue, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 25401
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a cable while on an A-frame ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a left-side skull fracture and rib fractures.

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