# Fractures at CAVO Broadband Communications
> OSHA SIR `2022010401` · 1/14/2022 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CAVO Broadband Communications
- **Location:** 711 Green St., PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61603
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 14, 2022, at approximately 5:30 PM, an employee was standing on a 6-foot step ladder to install and troubleshoot a cable internet line. As the employee descended from the ladder, he lost balance on the third step from the ground, fell to the ground, and sustained a broken left leg.

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