# Fractures at Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032138` · 3/2/2018 · LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means
- **Secondary source:** Tool belts
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 5806 Wake Forest Run, LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA, 34211
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished sheathing a roof and was exiting it. He slid off a wall walker scaffold to get into a window, but his tool belt was caught on something, causing him to be pulled out of the window and fall 12 to 15 feet to the ground below. He fractured his leg.

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