# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `20181010416` · 10/8/2018 · LEBANON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 1800 S Jefferson, LEBANON, MISSOURI, 65536
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a three-step stepladder, moving paint containers from the top of a shelf down to 
another location. As she descended the ladder, she missed the last step and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.

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