# Fractures at National Beef Packing Co LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118384` · 11/6/2015 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** National Beef Packing Co LLC
- **Location:** 1501 E 8th St, LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67905
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was on a ladder and preparing to weld, the ladder began to shift. He held onto a beef rail, dropped down to the floor level, landed on his heels, and fractured them.

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