# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Walmart Supercenter #746
> OSHA SIR `2019088518` · 8/18/2019 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter #746
- **Location:** 3401 South 31st Street, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76502
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a register checking out customers. The employee scanned toilet paper and proceeded to grab the hand-held scanner. The employee was walking around the bag carousel to the customer's cart when the employee's foot was caught on the corner of the fixed carousel. The employee tripped, lost balance, and fell to the ground, suffering a lower body fracture and muscle tears.

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