# Fractures at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `20171010039` · 10/19/2017 · SHAWANO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 1244 E. Green Bay Street, SHAWANO, WISCONSIN, 54166
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk walking to an oil pit when the employee stepped into an open section of grate that was being repaired and fell 27 inches to the floor below. The employee sustained a broken right leg.

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