# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Lowes Home Center, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016099112` · 9/27/2016 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Center, LLC
- **Location:** 15547 Woodwick Ave, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70816
- **NAICS:** 443111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading drywall from a forklift. The weight of the drywall caused the forklift to tilt as the drywall was being moved off the forks. As soon as the drywall was fully removed from the forks, the truck tilted back in place and injured the employee, who suffered major swelling of the neck/spine and required hospitalization.

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