# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Mahoney Foundries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043180` · 4/11/2022 · WAUSEON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mahoney Foundries, Inc.
- **Location:** 225 E Linfoot St, WAUSEON, OHIO, 43567
- **NAICS:** 331525
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof with contractors getting estimates for roof repairs. The employee fell through the roof, struck an air compressor during the fall, and landed on a wooden pallet and the concrete floor approximately 20 feet below. The employee sustained broken vertebrae and a punctured lung.

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