# Fractures at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `2024054019` · 5/8/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast
- **Location:** 900 Michigan Avenue, NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20017
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a ladder to install a drop cable when he fell and broke his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

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