# Fractures at Matthews Roofing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110669` · 11/15/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple regions of the head
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Tiles  ceramic, stone, glass
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Matthews Roofing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 840 W 49th Place, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60618
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A piece of terracotta coping fell from two stories above and struck an employee in the head causing facial fractures including a forehead fracture and an orbital bone fracture.

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