# Dislocations at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `2024076359` · 7/14/2024 · REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast
- **Location:** 1001 Winthrop Ave., REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02151
- **NAICS:** 518210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder troubleshooting equipment at a residential property. While on the ladder, the strand cable supporting the extension ladder failed, causing the ladder and the employee to fall the ground and into the roadway. The employee sustained facial injuries and a dislocated left elbow.

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