# Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043719` · 4/25/2017 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 4100 W. Airport Fwy, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking merchandise totes in the grocery receiving area when the employee tripped over a pallet and fell, resulting in hospitalization for a fractured hip.

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