# Fractures at McAllen Valley Roofing
> OSHA SIR `20181111267` · 11/1/2018 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** McAllen Valley Roofing
- **Location:** UETA of Texas, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a pressure washer to clean a roof. The employee was uncoiling the pressure washer hose when the employee fell through a skylight fixture and hit the ground, suffering a fractured left knee and left wrist.

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