# Fractures at WAL-MART #1195
> OSHA SIR `2016054465` · 5/21/2016 · WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WAL-MART #1195
- **Location:** 460 Highway 90, WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39576
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 21, 2016, at approximately 5:30 a.m., an employee was scanning bins on the shelves from a ladder. As she was descending the 6-foot ladder, she fell from the third step to the floor, breaking her left leg just below the knee.

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