# Fractures at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `2020054928` · 5/28/2020 · CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast
- **Location:** Bloomingdale St & Carmel St, CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, 02150
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping off the lower step of an aerial lift platform when the employee's left knee struck an unknown object. The employee then fell backwards and landed on the sidewalk. The employee suffered a fractured kneecap.

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