# Fractures at St. Augustine Aluminum Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024032717` · 3/26/2024 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Augustine Aluminum Co.
- **Location:** 411 Wood Bluff Terrace, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32086
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed off a ladder onto an aluminum roof when they slipped on wet leaves and fell 10 feet to a wooden deck. They sustained a fractured L1 vertebra.

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