# Fractures at Vega Brothers Roofing
> OSHA SIR `20241211320` · 12/8/2024 · ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Vega Brothers Roofing
- **Location:** 2220 Main Street, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, 73521
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding the material on the edge of a metal roof and lost balance. The employee fell 15 feet from the flat roof to the ground. The employee was wearing a harness but it was not connected at the time of the fall. The employee sustained broken bones.

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