# Fractures at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2024054173` · 5/12/2024 · KNOXVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 1306 County Rd 86, KNOXVILLE, ALABAMA, 35469
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a fiber optic cable at a customer location when he fell from his ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured tailbone and a neck injury, and he was hospitalized.

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