# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New Wave Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054432` · 5/16/2017 · CHRISTOPHER, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New Wave Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Earnistine Ave, CHRISTOPHER, ILLINOIS, 62822
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were installing a new cable line at a house. The employee climbed a ladder to cut the old dropline loose. While descending the ladder, the employee fell approximately 5 to 10 feet and hit the concrete sidewalk with the left side of the body. The employee was hospitalized.

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