# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Comcast Cable
> OSHA SIR `20161211528` · 12/11/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast Cable
- **Location:** 5132 Arch St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19139
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a cable line from a ladder when a neighbor's cable line came loose, causing slack in the line that the employee was working on. The employee lost balance and fell from the ladder, suffering a concussion, vertebral fractures, and facial fractures.

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