# Fractures at McCullough Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019011162` · 1/31/2019 · FIRTH, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** McCullough Construction LLC
- **Location:** 8477 Timber Ridge Dr, FIRTH, NEBRASKA, 68358
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were working on the roof of a newly constructed residential home when the brace holding up the roof over the back patio gave way and the patio roof collapsed. The employees fell 21 feet and impacted the frozen ground. All three employees sustained multiple cuts, bruises and fractures to their lower extremities, specifically their feet and legs. Two of the three employees were hospitalized.

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