# Fractures at Rocky Mountain Metal Container
> OSHA SIR `2024109572` · 10/14/2024 · GOLDEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Metal Container
- **Location:** 17755 West 32nd Avenue, GOLDEN, COLORADO, 80401
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 7-foot fixed ladder. While opening a swing door at the top of the ladder, she lost her footing and fell about 7 feet. She suffered a broken right heel.

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