# Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021087237` · 8/24/2021 · SEALY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 3162 FM 3538, SEALY, TEXAS, 77474
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing between a motorized pallet jack and an empty stack of pallets, filling an order. A forklift struck the stack of pallets, which pinched the employee against the pallet jack. The employee's hip was broken.

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