# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2024076238` · 7/11/2024 · WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 5033 Transit Road, WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK, 14221
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:15 a.m. on July 11, 2024, an employee was walking from a service desk to a register when one of her shoes came off. She fell, and the right side of her hip struck the ground. She suffered a hip fracture and was hospitalized.

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