# Fractures at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088144` · 8/23/2017 · SEAFORD, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 22899 Sussex Hwy, SEAFORD, DELAWARE, 19973
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a large and heavy box of shoes up a ladder, lost balance and fell off the ladder resulting in a broken right tibia and fibula.

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