# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2024087038` · 8/2/2024 · DILLON, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 26 North Walnut St, DILLON, MONTANA, 59725
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder to cut a high-tension midspan cable when it retracted, causing the employee to fall approximately 15-20 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained multiple injuries to the head, neck, and back.

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