# Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2023010988` · 1/31/2023 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 3900 N IH 35, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an air conditioning unit in the mezzanine area when they fell off the platform and through the ceiling to the closet approximately 9 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured right shoulder.

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