# Fractures at The Town Auto Service
> OSHA SIR `2022064948` · 6/8/2022 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Town Auto Service
- **Location:** 4020 Old Gentilly Road, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70126
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a contractor were on the roof of a warehouse to assess leaks when the employee stepped onto a skylight and fell approximately 25-30 feet to the floor of the warehouse. The employee suffered an L2 vertebrae break, a compound radial fracture of the left elbow, a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured left hand/wrist, and a fractured right foot.

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