# Fractures at Walmart Supercenter
> OSHA SIR `2021021328` · 2/12/2021 · REPUBLIC, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter
- **Location:** 1150 U.S. 60, REPUBLIC, MISSOURI, 65738
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking shelves and while lifting a box heard a crack in their back. The employee was hospitalized with a broken back.

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