# Fractures at Schultheis Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2017010504` · 1/17/2017 · NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Schultheis Roofing
- **Location:** 1130 Parkview Drive, NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15068
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder approximately 10-12 ft. high when the employee fell and hit his back on a fence. The employee suffered 4-5 fractured ribs, a broken ankle and a fractured orbital bone.

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