# Fractures at Empire Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2023032281` · 3/13/2023 · CONVERSE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Roofing
- **Location:** 7595 E Loop 1604, CONVERSE, TEXAS, 78109
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a roof edge when they fell approximately 12.5 feet and sustained a hip fracture. Fall protection was not tied off at the time.

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