# Bruises, contusions at Patuxent Roofing and Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087503` · 8/15/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Roof surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Patuxent Roofing and Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** Imperial House, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20009
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accessing a penthouse roof using a fixed ladder on a tenth-story roof and fell approximately 12-13 feet, landing on a lower roof. He sustained a back contusion and was hospitalized.

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