# Fractures at Lowes
> OSHA SIR `2016010216` · 1/10/2016 · HAMBURG, 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:** Lowes
- **Location:** 20 Wilderness Trail, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While unloading items from a pallet, an employee tripped over the pallet and fell to the floor, breaking the right hip. The employee 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*