# Fractures at Walmart Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087489` · 8/15/2024 · KEWANEE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Tires, inner tubes
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Inc
- **Location:** 730 Tenney St, KEWANEE, ILLINOIS, 61443
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2024, an employee was walking backward away from the truck he was working on when he tripped over two tires and fell to the floor of the auto shop. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and required surgery.

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