# Fractures at Gainsville Roofing Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032275` · 3/13/2024 · WILLISTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Skylights or other existing roof openings
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Gainsville Roofing Company Inc
- **Location:** 17051 NE Hwy 121, WILLISTON, FLORIDA, 32696
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the roof of a metal warehouse building to get an estimate for a job when they stepped on a skylight and fell 14 feet to the floor of the warehouse. The employee sustained broken ribs and lacerations.

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