# Fractures at Baker Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2018088695` · 8/23/2018 · SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baker Roofing
- **Location:** U. S. Army, Sunny Point Military Terminal, SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA, 28461
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on his hands and knees, doing maintenance work on a roof. He stood up, became dizzy and then fell off the roof, landing 12-15 feet below. He suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis, a head contusion, and a cut to his right little finger. At the time of the incident, the employee's harness that was not tied off.

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