# Fractures at Walmart Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054480` · 5/19/2023 · SALEM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Inc.
- **Location:** 1870 W Main St, SALEM, ILLINOIS, 62881
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking merchandise on the sales floor using a top stock cart when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in fractures to his right hip and femur that required hospitalization.

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