# Fractures at James R Taylor and Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032164` · 3/9/2017 · EAST TROY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** James R Taylor and Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 2004 Beulah Ave, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading roofing materials on a flat roof when a gust of wind blew him off the roof. The employee fell 16-17 feet to the ground fracturing an arm in numerous places.

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