# Fractures at Sarracco Mechanical Services
> OSHA SIR `2023098798` · 9/23/2023 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sarracco Mechanical Services
- **Location:** 116 Beecher Avenue, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06705
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from the forth rung of an 8-foot step ladder installing radiator covers when the cover began to fall. The employee lost balance and jumped from the ladder, landing on his feet and sustaining a heel fracture.

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