# Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c. at Embarq Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211577` · 12/12/2016 · VALPARAISO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Embarq Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 1107 N. Bayshore Dr., VALPARAISO, FLORIDA, 32580
- **NAICS:** 517910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working on a telecommunication cable from a 28-foot extension ladder when a passing motorist found him unconscious on the ground. He was hospitalized for broken ribs, a concussion, and bleeding on the brain.

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