# Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center 7017
> OSHA SIR `2021021469` · 2/19/2021 · WINTERSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center 7017
- **Location:** 843 State Route 43, WINTERSVILLE, OHIO, 43952
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee struck a stack of five pallets while moving pallets with a pallet jack. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg.

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