# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Walmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065941` · 6/22/2025 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart, Inc.
- **Location:** 8585 MEMORIAL BLVD, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, helping a customer get an item from a stock room. While he was stopping an item from falling, the ladder tilted and he fell to the ground. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

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