# Fractures at Whitton Roofing Company
> OSHA SIR `2022043112` · 4/8/2022 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitton Roofing Company
- **Location:** 3422 NW 27th Place, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32605
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the roof attempting to untangle an air hose. After untangling the hose, he began to walk back up the roof, but his foot was caught in the hose causing the employee to lose his footing and fall from the roof to the ground below, resulting in a left wrist fracture.

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