# Fractures at Nyhus Erectors, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20171211879` · 12/14/2017 · NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Weather and atmospheric conditions, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nyhus Erectors, LLC.
- **Location:** 812 Noble Road, NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN, 54017
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a rolled insulation system on a building rooftop. The injured employee stepped from the controlled decking zone onto a galvanized purlin at the joint between the insulation and a ceiling liner panel. The purlin was slippery from weather exposure and the employee fell approximately 22 feet to the lower level (concrete), fracturing the upper left leg.

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