# Fractures at UPSTATE ROOFING INC
> OSHA SIR `2021064585` · 6/5/2021 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** UPSTATE ROOFING INC
- **Location:** 19 Cambridge St, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14607
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spray-painting a ceiling from an elevated mezzanine area. He got entangled in the spray hose and fell to the floor about 8 feet below. He suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra, as well as four broken ribs.

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