# Fractures at The Boring Company
> OSHA SIR `2025010455` · 1/14/2025 · BASTROP, TEXAS
## 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:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Boring Company
- **Location:** 130 Walker-Watson Rd, BASTROP, TEXAS, 78602
- **NAICS:** 327310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a 10-foot fiberglass ladder to install an antenna on the side of a one-story residential home. The height of the mounted antenna from the ground was approximately 12 feet. While completing the installation of the antenna the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete below, resulting in two fractured heels.

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