# Fractures at Azteca Roofing Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020010032` · 1/2/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Roofs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Azteca Roofing Corp.
- **Location:** 10775 SW 104th Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33176
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a ladder with a rope on his shoulder when the ladder slipped and he fell backwards about 20 feet to a lower level roof, suffering fractured vertebrae.

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