# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Walmart Stores East
> OSHA SIR `2025077055` · 7/20/2025 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## 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
- **Location:** 2200 7th Ave SW, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing his regular duties and entered a cell to fix a case. He lost balance while removing tape from a case and subsequently tripped and fell near the mat conveyor. The employee sustained a fractured rib, pneumothorax, and cuts to his knees.

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