# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Best Roofing Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2022043455` · 4/21/2022 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Roofing Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 400 SW 12 Avenue, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33069
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving from a single-story roof onto a ladder. He fell from the roof to the ground about 17 feet below, suffering a back injury that required surgery.

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