# Fractures at J.L. Adler Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077452` · 7/29/2025 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** J.L. Adler Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 1460 Sheldon Road, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 29, 2025, two sheet metal workers were performing detail work on the perimeter coping of a roof. At approximately 9:30 AM, one of the employees was attempting to get on the ladder on the south side of the roof when he fell approximately 20 feet to the pavement. The employee sustained fractures to his skull and pelvis.

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