# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at B & W Contractors, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021119677` · 11/9/2021 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surfaces other than roof edge
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** B & W Contractors, Inc
- **Location:** 13800 Old Gentilly Road, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70129
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating concrete roof panels. When he stepped backward onto a concrete roof panel, it crumbled underneath him. The employee fell approximately 36 feet through the opening in the roof panel, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.

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