# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER 1069
> OSHA SIR `20161110663` · 11/13/2016 · SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER 1069
- **Location:** 1100 MATLOCK DRIVE, SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI, 65559
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/13/2016, an employee was conducting preventative maintenance when his upper back was struck by a falling wooden pallet near the pallet return module.

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