# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at HARNESS ROOFING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016065554` · 6/22/2016 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
## Employer
- **Name:** HARNESS ROOFING, INC.
- **Location:** 2015 W University, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing insulation from the sheetrock ceiling of a roof when he stepped on the sheetrock ceiling and fell 20 feet to the floor below. He suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, lacerated spleen, broken left wrist, and bruised kidney.

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