# Fractures at Pennsylvania Roofing Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110246` · 11/6/2023 · GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsylvania Roofing Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 611 Highland Avenue, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16127
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tearing the rubber membrane off a roof. A piece of the rubber membrane got stuck. The employee was pulling on the stuck piece when it let loose, causing them to stumble backward and fall roughly 11 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their left tibia.

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