# Fractures at Frontier Communications
> OSHA SIR `2023109773` · 10/23/2023 · LEON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Communications
- **Location:** 1334 arbuckle creek road, LEON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25123
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to run a line when a telephone pole that was supporting the ladder broke. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered a fractured leg.

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