# Fractures at Windstream Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054338` · 5/15/2023 · LAGRANGE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Factory St., LAGRANGE, OHIO, 44050
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 15, 2023, an employee was working from a ladder that was leaning against a utility pole. The utility pole broke, causing the ladder and the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T12 vertebra.

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