# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2019099985` · 9/24/2019 · HOLBROOK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 1130 Lincoln Ave, HOLBROOK, NEW YORK, 11741
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing cable along the exterior of a residential building from a 24-foot extension ladder. The ladder twisted and the employee fell about 10 feet to the ground, suffering a facial laceration and foot, back, and upper torso/rib injuries.

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