# Fractures at Thomas Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109542` · 10/4/2017 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomas Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** Ferry Pass Shopping Center, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32514
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across the roof of a shopping center to locate a leak when the roof and deck gave way. He fell about 15 feet to the ground on top of merchandise, breaking ribs and his C5 vertebra. He was hospitalized.

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