# Fractures at Holloway Roofing Unlimited, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107858` · 10/21/2015 · NICEVILLE, 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
## Employer
- **Name:** Holloway Roofing Unlimited, Inc.
- **Location:** 102 Quint Street, NICEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32578
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nailing shingles at the edge of the roof of a new one story house when he lost his footing, fell 8 feet to the ground, and landed on a pile of wood. The employee was not wearing fall protective equipment. He was hospitalized with six broken ribs.

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