# Fractures at Harsco Metals & Minerals
> OSHA SIR `2017021319` · 2/9/2017 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Harsco Metals & Minerals
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down from a pot carrier when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor. He landed on his feet, twisted his right foot, and fractured his heel bone.

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