# Fractures at Cox Communications Kansas, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241110271` · 11/4/2024 · EL DORADO, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth, mud
## Employer
- **Name:** Cox Communications Kansas, LLC.
- **Location:** 512 W Locust Ave., EL DORADO, KANSAS, 67042
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an extension ladder that was leaning against a utility pole when the ladder shifted on the wet, muddy ground. The employee fell approximately 15 feet to the sloped concrete driveway and landed on his left leg. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.

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