# Fractures at Cavo Broadband Communications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054537` · 5/18/2017 · HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Cavo Broadband Communications, LLC
- **Location:** 330 SW 9th Avenue, HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA, 33009
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After installing a wire for cable television, an employee was descending an extension ladder resting against telecommunication wires when the wires broke, causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He fractured his left foot.

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