# Fractures at Alex Roofing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018087997` · 8/6/2018 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alex Roofing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1762 Norcross Rd., ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16510
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 15-foot fixed ladder to access a roof when the employee slipped off the ladder and fell 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.

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