# Fractures at Walmart 6579
> OSHA SIR `20171212177` · 12/23/2017 · NEW CANEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart 6579
- **Location:** 20310 US 59, NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking items from a top stock cart. She then turned around and began descending the cart when she slipped and fell, striking her back on the steps of the cart. She suffered broken ribs.

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