# Fractures at MCDERMAID ROOFING AND INSULATING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2023087566` · 8/18/2023 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** MCDERMAID ROOFING AND INSULATING CO.
- **Location:** 1720 Halstead Road, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61103
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was insulating a copper pipe in an attic. The employee climbed over ductwork to access the pipe and then stepped onto a 4-by-8-foot sheet of plywood that was supported by bar joists in the attic. The plywood broke and he fell through the drop ceiling to the floor below, resulting in a head laceration and fractures of the pelvis, elbow, and ribs.

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