# Fractures at Nalco Company
> OSHA SIR `2020076226` · 7/3/2020 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Nalco Company
- **Location:** 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/3/2020, at 7:00 PM, an employee was climbing down a scaffold and was sprayed by water. This startled him and he jumped off the scaffold. He landed on his heels and fractured them.

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