# Fractures and dislocations at Windstream Communications, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076941` · 7/23/2020 · MARCELLUS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamp posts, street lights
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Communications, LLC.
- **Location:** 2865 Pleasant Valley Road, MARCELLUS, NEW YORK, 13108
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to install internet. The ladder was set against a light pole which severed at the base and collapsed. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a dislocated shoulder and a broken humerus. The employee was hospitalized.

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