# Fractures at Walmart Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108985` · 10/12/2022 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Inc.
- **Location:** 299 AJ Riggs Road, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shrink-wrapping a pallet of freight. The employee tripped over the forks of a nearby pallet jack, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken right ankle.

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