# Fractures at Windstream Communications Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021637` · 2/19/2025 · GRANDVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Communications Inc.
- **Location:** 514 S 5th St, GRANDVIEW, TEXAS, 76050
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a telecommunications strand and fell from a ladder. The employee was hospitalized for a spinal fracture and head trauma.

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