# Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, n.e.c. at Building Technicians Corporations
> OSHA SIR `2021086815` · 8/11/2021 · CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Building Technicians Corporations
- **Location:** 1749 Lee Road, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44118
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a metal roof when a sudden rainstorm caused three employees to slide down the roof. Two of them fell through the guardrail system, landing on the ground 18 feet below. One of them suffered a spinal cord bruise and the second employee suffered bruised ribs and a neck injury. Both were hospitalized.

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