# Fractures at Darling Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212792` · 12/12/2019 · BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 1299 Prisock Road, BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI, 39272
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder to a roof. As soon as he stepped off of the ladder and onto the roof, he fell approximately 12 feet to the ground, suffering broken bones and a left ankle injury.

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