# Fractures at Inter Mountain Cable
> OSHA SIR `2025065379` · 6/5/2025 · MATEWAN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Utility poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Inter Mountain Cable
- **Location:** Mate Creek Road, MATEWAN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25678
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a cable ladder attached to a utility pole. The pole gave way, causing the employee to fall from the ladder into a creek next to the pole. The employee suffered a broken right leg.

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