# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032182` · 3/11/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 33 K Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting 4-by-4-foot bundles of insulation on a sling. As they were preparing to rig the next load onto the sling, wind caused some of the bundles to separate and fall to the ground. One bundle struck the employee, resulting in multiple fractures and lacerations.

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