# Fractures at Joe Roberts
> OSHA SIR `2021119489` · 11/2/2021 · HEYBURN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Joe Roberts
- **Location:** Gem State Processing LLC, 951 Hwy 30, HEYBURN, IDAHO, 83336
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were moving rock off a roof to access the rubber waterproofing in order to repair the roof. Employee 1 was using an equipment hopper. The hopper moved forward toward the roof edge rather than backward toward the work and Employee 1 fell off the roof edge. Employee 2 reached out to grab Employee 1 and both employees were pulled over the edge by the weight of the hopper. Both employees fell 25-30 feet into the bed of a work truck. The work truck was filled approximately 1.5 feet in depth with the loose rocks that the team had removed from the roof. Employee 1 sustained broken ribs, a head laceration, and shoulder strain. Employee 2 sustained a broken wrist and a concussion. Both employees were hospitalized.

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