# Fractures at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015085348` · 8/2/2015 · QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **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:** Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- **Location:** 1001 S. West End Blvd., QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18951
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped on a pallet of merchandise and broke her hip, requiring surgery.

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