# Fractures at Warren Roofing & Insulating Co. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021097565` · 9/2/2021 · HURON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Warren Roofing & Insulating Co. Inc
- **Location:** Sawmill Creek, HURON, OHIO, 44839
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scaffold about 20 feet high, installing snow rails on a standing seam roof. He fell through the guardrail/toe board opening at the scaffold's ladder access, landing on a railroad timber on the ground. He suffered a broken left femur.

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