65YOM WITH COMPLAINT OF LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER FALLING OFF ROOF. PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS APPLYING A TARP OVER HIS ROOF TO PREVENT LEAKING WHEN HE WENT TO STEP ON HIS LADDER AND MISSED THE STEP, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 10-12FT ONTO HIS BACK. DX: COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF L3 VERTEBRA, COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF T12 VERTEBRA, FALL FROM ROOF.
Date: 10/13/2025
Category: other / not elsewhere classified
Product: TARPAULINS
Products involved: LADDERS, OTHER OR NOT SPECIFIED; TARPAULINS
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Lower Trunk
Location: Home