# Fractures at MasTec Advinced Technolgies
> OSHA SIR `2017054460` · 5/16/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MasTec Advinced Technolgies
- **Location:** 3029 Redick Ave., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68112
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to remove a flag from the middle of a cable drop line when the ladder popped in half and he fell to the ground, breaking a leg. Proper PPE was worn at the time.

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