# Cuts, lacerations at EAGLE ROOFING LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021321` · 2/12/2021 · LE MARS, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** EAGLE ROOFING LLC
- **Location:** 5 Orchard Street, LE MARS, IOWA, 51031
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof assisting with uploading materials and was also giving signals to a forklift operator. Insulation slid on the forklift's forks and struck the employee who then fell off the roof 12 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a back injury and a cut above his left eye.

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