# Fractures at Walmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241111056` · 11/30/2024 · MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Foxcroft Avenue, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 25401
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking a pallet. After cutting the pallet open, the boxes on the top fell and hit her, knocking her to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with three broken bones in the lower back.

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