# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Signet Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010543` · 1/18/2017 · SALEM, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
## Employer
- **Name:** Signet Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** Farmers Pork Sow Site, SALEM, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57058
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a roof purlin to attempt to connect to a retractable lifeline when the purlin broke and he fell 20 feet to the concrete below. He broke his neck and suffered brain swelling.

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