# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Verizon Services Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025054419` · 5/10/2025 · EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon Services Corporation
- **Location:** 789 No. Broadway, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02914
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an interior fixed ladder to access the roof when they slipped off the ladder rung and fell approximately 10 feet. The employee sustained injuries to both ankles.

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