# Fractures at Walmart Stores East, LP
> OSHA SIR `2025032645` · 3/20/2025 · EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores East, LP
- **Location:** 270 Indian Run St, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19341
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking merchandise. While descending a three-step ladder attached to a stock cart, the employee missed a step and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a fractured hip.

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