# Fractures at Sterling Commercial Roofing, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032781` · 3/28/2024 · EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Commercial Roofing, Inc
- **Location:** 1800 158th St North, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61244
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to a sloped roof and fell approximately 17 feet to the concrete surface while transitioning from the ladder to the roof. This resulted in a laceration to the head and fractures to the right arm and right ankle.

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