# Fractures at Walmart Store #1548
> OSHA SIR `20221210742` · 12/10/2022 · WATSEKA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Store #1548
- **Location:** 1790 E. Walnut, WATSEKA, ILLINOIS, 60970
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 10, 2022, an employee was loading merchandise into the back of a customer's truck when they fell off the truck and landed on their knee. The employee was hospitalized for a knee fracture and underwent surgery.

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