# Fractures at Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021159` · 2/5/2020 · WALL, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 415 Crown Street, WALL, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57790
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an overhead garage door opener, reprogramming the controller. He was approximately 5 to 6 feet up on a 10-foot A-frame ladder when the door was opened. He reached for the door and lost his balance on the ladder, falling to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right tibia and fibula and a right shoulder rotator injury.

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