# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Precision Broadband Installation Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054449` · 5/21/2024 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Broadband Installation Inc.
- **Location:** 3027 Orlando Dr., TOLEDO, OHIO, 43613
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 21, 2024, an employee climbed a 28-foot extension ladder and unhooked the drop. This released tension that caused the ladder to shake and throw him off. He fell to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a ruptured spleen.

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