# Fractures at Walmart #2978
> OSHA SIR `2015118645` · 11/15/2015 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart #2978
- **Location:** 7451 McCart Ave., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76133
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking merchandise from a storage rack using a stock picker. She was 2 to 3 feet above the floor at the second shelf of the racking system. She opened the gate and walked out, falling to the floor and breaking her tibia in two places.

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