# Bruises, contusions at Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212794` · 12/13/2018 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC
- **Location:** 4350 Southwest Dr., ABILENE, TEXAS, 79606
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a cart and putting down a shelf. She was hit on the right side of the head by the top shelf as she was working on the lower shelf. The employee was hospitalized and had a bruise behind the ear.

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