# Fractures at Sams Club
> OSHA SIR `2023032611` · 3/23/2023 · MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Sams Club
- **Location:** 5045 University Town Centre Drive, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26501
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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