# Fractures at WALMART SUPERCENTER STORE #444
> OSHA SIR `2021054389` · 5/30/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Vending machines
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** WALMART SUPERCENTER STORE #444
- **Location:** 3315 SO CAMPBELL, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a pricing sign while on top of a soda machine located outside the grocery entrance. The employee fell backward off the machine and sustained injuries to the shoulder, back, and head; as well as an undetermined fracture that required surgery.

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