# Cuts, lacerations at American Roofing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021993` · 2/22/2019 · OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** American Roofing, LLC
- **Location:** 7950 HWY 78 W, U121, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34974
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a metal roof when he slipped and fell on the roof. When the employee fell, he hit the edge of a metal roof panel with his right wrist and suffered a laceration that cut tendon and ligaments, requiring surgery.

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