# Fractures at Ridgway Roof Truss Company
> OSHA SIR `2023065133` · 6/10/2023 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Ridgway Roof Truss Company
- **Location:** 235 SW 11th Pl, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32601
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 10, 2023, an employee was at a shipping yard, installing load straps onto a tractor-trailer. The wind knocked down a stack of roof trusses that were standing up and the employee was struck by the trusses and fell to the asphalt. He was hospitalized with fractures to the femur, wrists, and the skull in two places.

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