# Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017087468` · 8/5/2017 · WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc
- **Location:** 1400 Old Chillicothe Rd, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting on a forklift for another forklift driver to move out of the picking area so he could pull items for an order. When the forklift driver turned, the pallet it was carrying struck and broke the employee's ankle, requiring hospitalization.

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