# Fractures at Roof Technology Partners
> OSHA SIR `2016087157` · 8/3/2016 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** Roof Technology Partners
- **Location:** 838 Lakeland Drive, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39216
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a ladder was applying flashing to a roof that was 17 feet high when the flashing ignited. The employee dismounted from the ladder and fell to the ground, fracturing the tailbone.

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