# Fractures at Argo Roofing Company
> OSHA SIR `2021109240` · 10/26/2021 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Argo Roofing Company
- **Location:** 2265 Carlson, NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 26, 2021, at approximately 10:25 a.m. an employee was performing roofing work on a commercial building and was walking backward moving a propane tank with a handcart. While moving the propane tank, the employee tripped over the raised lip of an unprotected skylight and fell through it to the concrete floor 20 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured cervical vertebra and multiple skull fractures.

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