# Fractures at Kurth Sheet Metal Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011179` · 10/30/2018 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kurth Sheet Metal Inc.
- **Location:** 16810 50th Ave, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 12-foot step ladder (on the third rung from the top), reaching to clip a wire tie while he was roughing in a heating and air conditioning system. The ladder started to tip, and he jumped from it to avoid falling to the ground. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor, breaking his left heel in five places and his right heel in three places. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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