# Fractures at Verizon of PA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023042999` · 4/4/2023 · NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon of PA LLC
- **Location:** 251 Mohawk School Rd, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16102
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the bucket of aerial lift installing new cables on telecommunication poles after storm damage. The cable was lifted onto hardware that was attached to the pole. The cable hardware broke, causing the cables to fall onto the employee, resulting in fractures of the jaw and orbital bone, facial lacerations, and nerve damage.

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