# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at J & S ROOFING COMPANY INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018021196` · 2/5/2018 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J & S ROOFING COMPANY INC.
- **Location:** 24 School St., NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to put up scaffolding. He was being handed a scaffold plank when he slipped from the ladder and fell 18 feet to the ground below, injuring his spine, head, and face.

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