# Fractures at Walmart Stores Inc. 2915
> OSHA SIR `20181111355` · 11/3/2018 · EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores Inc. 2915
- **Location:** 3990 Nescorset Hwy, EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK, 11733
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was entering the building from a lunch break and slipped and fell in the vestibule, fracturing his L1 vertebra. It was raining at the time of the incident and the employee's shoes were wet.

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