# Fractures at Sands Brothers Roofing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096522` · 9/8/2015 · LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
## Employer
- **Name:** Sands Brothers Roofing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Liverpool High School, LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, 13088
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the ground, sustaining two fractured vertebrae in his lower back, lacerations, and bruises.

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