# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2021064861` · 6/15/2021 · TERRELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 1900 W Moore Ave., TERRELL, TEXAS, 75160
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking boxes off a pallet and putting them on a top stock cart. She backed up while holding a box and tripped over another box and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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