# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2015096790` · 9/16/2015 · ARCADIA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 6785 SW Enterprise BLVD, ARCADIA, FLORIDA, 34269
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a Barrett double jack and making a "U" turn when he lost balance and inadvertently pressed on the brake causing him to fall off the equipment. The front plate under the carriage struck his foot as he fell. The employee sustained lacerations to his toes and two hairline fractures.

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