# Fractures at Esfeller Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211271` · 12/1/2020 · CODEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Esfeller Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 7350 Rock Road, CODEN, ALABAMA, 36523
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing roof and/or eve repairs on a residential building. The hammer the employee was using struck his head and he fell from a ladder to the ground. He sustained a skull  fracture and bruising to the ribs.

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