# Fractures at BALDWIN & SHELL CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2023087472` · 8/15/2023 · JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BALDWIN & SHELL CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** Murrell Taylor Elementary School, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72076
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a steel beam when he took a step back and lost his footing. The employee fell from the horizontal I-beam approximately 14 feet, landing on his feet on the ground surface. He sustained a broken left ankle and right heel.

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