# Fractures at Rowell Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2015085816` · 8/15/2015 · COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
## Employer
- **Name:** Rowell Roofing
- **Location:** 940 Highway 13 S, COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI, 39429
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell 18 feet through an open hole on a 1/4 x 12 pitch roof while monitoring employees installing a standing seam metal roof. The employee sustained head lacerations and fractures to the skull and face.

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