# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at AT&T Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2022010618` · 1/20/2022 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** AT&T Corp.
- **Location:** 299 Thunderbird Trail, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a fiber placement job, an employee needed to remove a branch from an existing cable strand. He put his 24-foot extension ladder on the strand and cut the branch; the strand then broke and he fell about 15 feet. He suffered a broken elbow, broken ribs, and a bruised kidney.

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