# Fractures at Walmart Supercenter 3584
> OSHA SIR `2024010855` · 1/28/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services
- **Source:** Suspect under pursuit or investigation
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, stone, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter 3584
- **Location:** 5405 South Rice Avenue, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77081
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had apprehended a shoplifting suspect at a store. The suspect left the store, returned with a rock, and struck the employee's head with it. The employee suffered a cut on the left eyebrow and a skull fracture; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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