# Fractures at Lowe's Home Centers
> OSHA SIR `2019088124` · 8/8/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers
- **Location:** 3724 W Cobblefield St., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a refrigerator when it slipped off the dolly, falling on his ankle and breaking it.

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