# Fractures at Comcast Cable
> OSHA SIR `2018010323` · 1/10/2018 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast Cable
- **Location:** 355 McKnight Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 10, 2018, at 10:20 a.m., an employee was descending a ladder after cutting a second story cable line from a residential address. The first floor cable line was still connected and under tension, which destabilized the ladder during his descent.  Feeling the ladder shifting under him, he dismounted from the fourth or fifth rung up and landed on his side, fracturing his left wrist.  He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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