# Fractures at Trinity Solar
> OSHA SIR `2018032335` · 3/8/2018 · BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roof edges
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinity Solar
- **Location:** 15 Concord Street, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, 06011
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had accessed a snow-covered roof to set up roof anchors for a solar panel installation job. While he was clearing snow from the roof edge, he fell 18 feet to the ground below, suffering cracked ribs and a hairline fracture to his hip/pelvis.

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