# Fractures at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `20201211316` · 12/2/2020 · COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast
- **Location:** 490 Norwood Road, COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17512
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing cable installation tasks from a ladder at a height of approximately 20 feet. The employee fell to the ground and sustained fractured vertebrae.

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