# Fractures at The Higbee Company
> OSHA SIR `2015020247` · 2/13/2015 · MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Higbee Company
- **Location:** 600 Carnahan Dr, MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS, 72113
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was elevated approximately 12 ft. on a Crown High Level Order Picker removing items from a shelf when she stepped backwards and fell to the concrete surface below.  Employee was donned in a harness, but did not have it attached and secured.  Employee sustained a compound fracture to her right ankle and a cracked heel.

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