# Fractures at Roofx
> OSHA SIR `2024010515` · 1/17/2024 · LEESBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Roofx
- **Location:** 10449 Barger Road, LEESBURG, OHIO, 45135
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a ladder that was placed on an asphalt driveway and leaning against the edge of a roof. When the employee was approximately 5 feet high, the ladder slid out and they fell to the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with multiple broken bones in their face.

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