# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2017077109` · 7/29/2017 · BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 5100 Kettering Rd, BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, 34602
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up a set of portable steps while carrying racking to stack in a trailer. The employee fell down three steps and was hospitalized for three broken ribs and a cut to the head requiring stitches.

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