# Fractures at Walmart Supercenter 1801
> OSHA SIR `2019087978` · 8/4/2019 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Plastic wrap
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter 1801
- **Location:** 4801 S Cooper St., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76017
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's foot got stuck in some shrink wrap that was hanging off a vendor's pallet. He tripped, hitting his head on another pallet and suffering a head laceration and fractured vertebrae.

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