# Fractures at GIESE ROOFING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2021119582` · 11/5/2021 · GALENA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GIESE ROOFING CO.
- **Location:** 11782 W. Chetlain Lane, GALENA, ILLINOIS, 61036
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 5, 2021, an employee was on a roof, taking measurements of a seam roof panel. The employee slipped on moisture and fell to the dirt ground about 20 feet below, suffering a broken left heel, a broken right shin, and three broken vertebrae.

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