# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076755` · 7/25/2024 · MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Slopes, embankments
- **Secondary source:** Plants, trees, vegetation  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Cable Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 US Route 60 W, MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25541
- **NAICS:** 926130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was surveying the area for a utility pole at the top of an embankment behind a building. The employee tripped on a vine and fell down the embankment suffering multiple internal injuries including fractures to their orbital bone, nose, and wrist.

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