# Fractures at Spectrum Communications
> OSHA SIR `2020021316` · 2/10/2020 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum Communications
- **Location:** 730 W. Stassney Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78745
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a portable ladder attached to a telephone pole in order to replace a coaxial cable known as a "cable drop." The ladder was resting against the telephone pole and was connected to the base with a ladder strap. While climbing, the employee fell approximately 16 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained multiple fractures to the lower limbs.

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