# Fractures at Marseilles Sheet Metal Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022119615` · 11/2/2022 · MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roof surfaces other than roof edge
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Marseilles Sheet Metal Co.
- **Location:** 901 West Bluff Street, MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS, 61341
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof reattaching his lanyard to the next beam when the concrete slab he was working on broke, causing him to fall approximately 12 feet through a roof tile to the ground. The employee sustained leg and vertebrae fractures.

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