# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20161111024` · 11/24/2016 · NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 973 Highway 30 West, NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI, 38652
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a hopper at 6:40 AM when the hopper flipped back and hit the employee's wrist and forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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