# Fractures at Walmart 498
> OSHA SIR `20161211894` · 12/23/2016 · JENA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart 498
- **Location:** 3670 W. Oak St., JENA, LOUISIANA, 71342
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working around a cardboard baler, an employee tripped over plastic that was wrapped around a pallet prepared for the baler and fell fracturing the pelvic bone.

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