# Fractures at SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099283` · 9/8/2018 · NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
- **Location:** 4900 LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ratchet puller to remove a clutch plate off a press while standing on a 10-foot portable ladder when he fell to the ground below, fracturing his left heel and right ankle.

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