# Fractures at Walmart #5137
> OSHA SIR `2017098818` · 9/14/2017 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart #5137
- **Location:** 6101 S. Aurora Pkwy, AURORA, COLORADO, 80012
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the pharmacy and using a company-approved step stool. When she stepped up onto the step stool, she rolled and fractured her left ankle, requiring hospitalization.

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