# Fractures at Townsend Roofing and Construction Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021583` · 2/17/2020 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Townsend Roofing and Construction Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 10148 New Berlin Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32226
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 17, 2020, an employee was replacing a shingle roof on a three-story apartment building when his left foot slipped out from under him and he fell off the roof onto the ground. He was hospitalized for a fractured neck.

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