# Fractures at Kula Exteriors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076771` · 7/13/2025 · WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Tarps, liners, wraps
## Employer
- **Name:** Kula Exteriors, Inc.
- **Location:** 22 Liss Road, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK, 12590
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been installing ice and water shielding on a 6/12 pitch roof with a 10-foot eave height. He climbed up a ladder and was stepping onto the roof when he stepped on the release paper from the ice and water shield. He slid off the roof and landed on his back on the ground.  The employee sustained a fractured L3 vertebra.

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