# Fractures at Clear Channel Outdoor
> OSHA SIR `2024076581` · 7/19/2024 · BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Clear Channel Outdoor
- **Location:** 565 Washington St, BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02135
- **NAICS:** 517410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a rooftop using rope to lower a bundled advertising copy to the ground to a second employee. The rope got tangled in the employee's harness/lanyard or foot, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the sidewalk below. The employee landed on their feet and fractured both heels. The employee was hospitalized.

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