# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Technique Roofing Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087908` · 8/28/2023 · FREMONT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Existing roof openings, other than skylights
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Technique Roofing Systems LLC
- **Location:** 2500 West State Street, FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing materials to co-workers that were performing roofing tasks. As the employee went to observe the hole that a removed HVAC system had left, the employee fell approximately 18 feet through the hole to the concrete floor below. They sustained fractures to the skull and back as well as brain hemorrhaging.

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