# Fractures at Home Evolution Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2025054688` · 5/19/2025 · COHOES, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Evolution Roofing
- **Location:** 198 Ontario Street, COHOES, NEW YORK, 12047
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof preparing to attach to a lifeline when wind and dust blew (insulation or roofing materials) at the employee, causing the employee to fall 30 feet to the ground. The employee suffered two broken legs that required hospitalization.

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