# Fractures at Melanson Company, Inc., The
> OSHA SIR `2018010074` · 1/3/2018 · HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
## Employer
- **Name:** Melanson Company, Inc., The
- **Location:** CNS, HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01038
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While repairing a roof, an employee tripped over a 10-inch parapet wall at the roof edge and fell approximately 13 feet to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.

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