# Fractures at Burns and Scalo Roofing Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054888` · 5/27/2020 · GIBSONIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Burns and Scalo Roofing Company
- **Location:** 4015 Old Orchard Way, GIBSONIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15044
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up an extension ladder to secure it at the top. The bottom kicked out and the employee fell 17 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised spleen and fractures to the leg, wrist, and ribs.

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