# Fractures at Walmart Stores Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032987` · 3/28/2018 · SULPHUR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores Inc.
- **Location:** 525 N Cities Service Hwy, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70663
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee missed a step while attempting to climb down from a top stock cart ladder and fractured a bone in her leg. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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