# Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088344` · 8/15/2018 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 4554 Oscar Nelson, Jr Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had used a yard mule to park a trailer and was pulling away from the trailer when the yard mule's air hose separated and snapped back through the open rear door, striking the employee in the forearm near the wrist. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right radius and ulna.

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