# Fractures at Spectrum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076129` · 7/9/2024 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ropes, ties, chains  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum, Inc.
- **Location:** 7344 Harney Road, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33617
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on overhead wires from a ladder. The safety line that connects the ladder to the wires was cut, which caused the ladder to shift. The employee jumped from the shifting ladder to the ground, fracturing their foot and ankle.

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