# Sprains at Ad-Ler Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021870` · 2/28/2022 · LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ad-Ler Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 17028 Polo Trail (Polo Run subdivision), LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA, 34202
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the roof of a one-story house installing underlayment and metal accessories on a vent. He slipped on the paper backing of the underlayment and fell 11 feet off the roof resulting in a sprained back.

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