# Fractures at Walmart, Inc., Store 5398
> OSHA SIR `2025076761` · 7/12/2025 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart, Inc., Store 5398
- **Location:** 3902 W RIVERSIDE BLVD, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61101
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in a dispense area when she tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

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