# Fractures at Air Controls-Billings, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019021422` · 2/7/2019 · BILLINGS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Controls-Billings, INC.
- **Location:** 2044 Broadwater Avenue, BILLINGS, MONTANA, 59102
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service technician was working on a rooftop heating/AC unit. The technician slipped on ice and snow and fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a crushed vertebra in the lower back.

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