# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at David Labor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032836` · 3/29/2017 · WINDSOR, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** David Labor, Inc.
- **Location:** 34027 W. 15th Ave., WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80551
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal panels on a residential roof while wearing fall protection (harness, tied off to roof anchor) when he lost his balance and fell. The roof anchor failed, and the employee fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, bruising his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

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