# Fractures at United Ironworkers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087353` · 8/2/2017 · FARINA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Ironworkers, Inc.
- **Location:** South Central High School, FARINA, ILLINOIS, 62838
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting sheet decking on a roof that was approximately 10 to 14 feet from a lower level when he slipped and fell to the concrete floor below. He fractured his sacral area, right wrist, right elbow, and L1-L2 and L4-L5 vertebrae, requiring hospitalization. The employee was not tied off at the time.

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