# Fractures at Walmart Stores East LP
> OSHA SIR `2025010101` · 1/5/2025 · NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores East LP
- **Location:** 7 Dowling Village Boulevard, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02896
- **NAICS:** 541890
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a cart with a ladder attached to pull items from a shelf. The employee stepped back and tripped over either the track or the knuckle on the end of the aisle, fell back and landed on her hip, fracturing her femur.

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