# Herniated discs at A+ ROOFING CONTRACTORS CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2015097245` · 9/30/2015 · DORAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A+ ROOFING CONTRACTORS CORP.
- **Location:** 10620 NW 88TH ST, DORAL, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee wearing a harness and lanyard was accessing the third-story roof. He stepped from the ladder to go to his tie-off anchor point, but slipped in the process. He fell approximately 30 feet to the second story and then to the ground and was hospitalized with a compressed disc.

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