# Fractures at CAVO Broadband Communications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110842` · 11/27/2023 · LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** CAVO Broadband Communications, LLC
- **Location:** 526 N. State Street, LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS, 60441
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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