# Fractures at Spectrum
> OSHA SIR `2024021455` · 2/15/2024 · PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum
- **Location:** 4268 Oriole Avenue, PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA, 32127
- **NAICS:** 334220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a service call to install cable wiring. While working on a ladder that was leaning against a strand line, the strand line broke causing the employee to fall approximately 18 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained two fractures to the right arm, a fracture to the left arm, and a fractured pelvis.

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