# Fractures at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2020032727` · 3/24/2020 · AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 172 Dairy Rd, AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA, 33823
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder that was leaning against (and strapped to) a telephone pole. He was connecting a line from the pole to a house when he fell about 18 feet to the ground, suffering a broken leg.

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