# Fractures at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018089017` · 8/30/2018 · SEBRING, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- **Location:** 2050 US 27 N., SEBRING, FLORIDA, 33870
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the second step of a stepladder painting a wall. As she went to step down, she missed the first step and fell to the floor, breaking her arm.

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