# Fractures at LOWES HOME CENTERS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097180` · 9/29/2015 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LOWES HOME CENTERS, LLC
- **Location:** 4443 BIRKLAND PLACE, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18045
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell backwards off the first or second step of a ladder while stocking grass seed on the shelf. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

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