Fractures

Name: Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement Store
Start: 10/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181011191 · 10/30/2018 · Lowe's Home Improvement Store

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Lowe's Home Improvement Store
Location: 8231 E. Broad Street, REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO, 43068
NAICS: 444130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was carrying a box and walking in a tool department when his right foot became caught on a display item and he fell to the ground. He suffered a fractured patella and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown