# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Simonson Construction Services
> OSHA SIR `2024098630` · 9/16/2024 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Roofs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Simonson Construction Services
- **Location:** 460 Lake Rd, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a roof on a steel building when they tripped and fell 46 feet off the roof to the ground floor. The employee sustained broken legs and internal injuries. The employee was not tied off at the time.

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