# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Cox Communications
> OSHA SIR `2023065240` · 6/14/2023 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Cox Communications
- **Location:** 617 Exey Dr., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70563
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder replacing a cable drop when the utility pole that the ladder was leaning on snapped. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a right elbow injury.

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