# Fractures at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2016109664` · 10/13/2016 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 3691 Turner Road, DAYTON, OHIO, 45415
- **NAICS:** 517510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder working on a cable TV system. The cable broke while he was climbing and the ladder shifted. The employee fell 12 feet landing on his right leg sustaining a compression fracture just above the ankle.

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