# Fractures at Walmart Supercenter # 1656
> OSHA SIR `2018055197` · 5/28/2018 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter # 1656
- **Location:** 16086 Conneaut Lake Road, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was operating a forklift, moving empty wood pallets to the back of a building. The forklift's wheels went off of the blacktop and onto the dirt ground; the forklift went down a slight downhill grade and tipped over. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and lacerations to the hands that required stitches.

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