# Fractures at CAYETANO LOPEZ
> OSHA SIR `2022087522` · 8/24/2022 · ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CAYETANO LOPEZ
- **Location:** 6920 Courtland Walk, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30005
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof, securing an anchor for his fall arrest system. When he stepped on a 6-inch-wide roof panel near the roof ridge, it did not hold his weight. He fell to the ground 36 feet below and suffered a broken right wrist, as well as injury to the left wrist.

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