# Fractures at Burns & Scalo Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2016043303` · 4/20/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Burns & Scalo Roofing
- **Location:** 26th & Tunnel Blvd., PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15203
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing coping while working from an extension ladder when the ladder kicked out at the bottom, causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He hit the ground and broke his left arm and left leg.

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