# Fractures at Texas Roofing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211714` · 12/19/2024 · ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Roofing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 16809 Radholme Ct., ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, 78664
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the bed of a flatbed truck loading material. He pulled a roll of roofing material when the roll flipped and caused him to lose his balance. He fell from the flatbed truck to the ground 4-5 feet below. He put his left hand out to soften his fall, causing his left wrist to break. He was hospitalized.

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