# Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211561` · 12/5/2017 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 289 Mt. Nebo Pointe Drive, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15237
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into a closet when the motion light did not operate immediately. The employee then tripped over a chair and fell to the ground, breaking an arm.

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