# Fractures at Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022075931` · 7/7/2022 · BLOOMSDALE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, LLC
- **Location:** 40 Tower Ln, BLOOMSDALE, MISSOURI, 63627
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing scaffolding on top of a steel water tower when they fell 14 feet 10 inches to the ground below. A self-retracting lifeline was used, but the employee's right foot contacted the ground, resulting in a fractured foot and ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

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