# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2025066073` · 6/25/2025 · WAYNE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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
- **Location:** 100 Mcginnis dr, WAYNE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25570
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 25, 2024, an employee was on a stock cart to pull merchandise and stock down when the cart began to roll and she fell 3 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken left knee that required hospitalization and surgery. The wheels of the cart were unlocked at the time of the incident.

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