# Fractures at Currier Roofing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107551` · 10/10/2015 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
- **Secondary source:** Roofing paper, roofing felt
## Employer
- **Name:** Currier Roofing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 6705 Grand Estuary Tril, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 34212
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on the plastic backing/laminate of a peel and stick underlayment near the roof edge and fell 23 feet off the roof resulting in broken ribs. The employees were evacuating the roof due to a storm.

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