# Fractures at TDS TELECOM
> OSHA SIR `2018032380` · 3/9/2018 · LANCASTER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-unpaved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** TDS TELECOM
- **Location:** 140 North Monroe, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, 53813
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a customer's telephone line and walking back to his work truck, which was parked on the road about 50 feet away. As he walked down the steep gravel driveway, he slipped on snow and landed on his left foot, rolling his ankle and breaking his left fibula and tibia.

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