# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at DGS Dykes LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025021445` · 2/13/2025 · LEEDS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Skylights or other existing roof openings
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** DGS Dykes LLC
- **Location:** 8591 Borden Ave, LEEDS, ALABAMA, 35094
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 13, 2025, an employee was working to install TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) to a sheet metal roof. As he was placing a metal cover over a fiberglass skylight, he stepped through the skylight and fell onto the concrete inside the building. The employee sustained a fractured hip, a torn meniscus, and a fractured left ankle.

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