# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `20231110405` · 11/11/2023 · EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 2465 Hempstead Turnpike, EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK, 11554
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restocking in the seasonal area. She was coming around a corner when she tripped and fell on her knees. The employee sustained a knee injury requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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