# Fractures at Verizon Communications
> OSHA SIR `20231211326` · 12/12/2023 · WASHINGTON CROSSING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon Communications
- **Location:** 1040 Taylorsville Rd, WASHINGTON CROSSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 18977
- **NAICS:** 517312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped and fell off the back of a bucket truck and struck a guardrail. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to his torso.

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