# Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20161211312` · 12/4/2016 · WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc
- **Location:** 1400 Old Chillicothe Rd, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picked up a case of jelly from one pallet and walked over to another pallet to place the case of product. Once the employee got to the second pallet, he tripped and fell in a lunge position, striking his right knee on the ground and fracturing his right femur.

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