# Bruises, contusions at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2018065333` · 6/1/2018 · VON ORMY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 4123 Manion, VON ORMY, TEXAS, 78073
- **NAICS:** 515120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing a new aerial cable on a utility pole at a height of 15 to 20 feet when a car caught the aerial cable with its bumper and began pulling it down the street. The employee was pulled from the pole and fell, striking a chain link fence before landing on his left side and also hitting a log that was on the ground. He suffered contusions.

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