# Fractures at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (#944)
> OSHA SIR `2016043198` · 4/16/2016 · CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (#944)
- **Location:** 3351 S. Ferdon Blvd., CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA, 32536
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his coworker were loading a kayak onto the forks of a forklift. The forks were on the ground when the employee walked backward and tripped over the forks. He fractured his left wrist and required surgery.

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