# Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center DC8600
> OSHA SIR `2017076773` · 7/20/2017 · BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center DC8600
- **Location:** 1108 SE 10th Street, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72716
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down the stairs. When the employee reached the last step to the floor, the employee's right ankle gave out. The employee fell, spraining the right ankle and fracturing the left ankle in three places. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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