# Fractures at Gerardo Barrios
> OSHA SIR `20161211296` · 12/3/2016 · CONYERS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Roof edges
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerardo Barrios
- **Location:** 3435 Sandstone Trail, CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30013
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to place roof sheathing material on a new residential structure when the wind picked the employee up and sent him off the edge of the structure to the ground below. He suffered a cracked rib.

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