# Fractures at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112172` · 11/23/2019 · JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 1520 S Main St, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN, 53549
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a stock cart removing items from shelves when she lost her balance and fell to the floor on her right side resulting in a fractured femur that required surgery.

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