# Fractures at RSS - ROOFING SERVICE & SOLUTIONS
> OSHA SIR `2020010363` · 1/13/2020 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** RSS - ROOFING SERVICE & SOLUTIONS
- **Location:** 4285 Rider Trail, EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 10 feet from a wet ladder while climbing down off a roof. He was hospitalized for a possible lower back fracture.

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