# Fractures at U.S. Engineering Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022043225` · 4/12/2022 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Engineering Construction
- **Location:** 319 Cedar Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72205
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working from a 12-foot step ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee lost his balance and jumped/fell from the fourth step up from the bottom. He landed on his right heel, fracturing it on the concrete floor.

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