# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Peterson Roofing Co, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110135` · 11/17/2022 · OLEAN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Peterson Roofing Co, Inc.
- **Location:** 2905 New York 16, OLEAN, NEW YORK, 14760
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder cutting tree branches. After cutting a branch, it swung down and struck his ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 15 to 20 feet to the snow-covered ground. He sustained rib fractures, a collarbone fracture, and a collapsed lung.

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