# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lowes Home Centers
> OSHA SIR `2015031164` · 3/12/2015 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Centers
- **Location:** 9854 Kenwood Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a washer/dryer combo from an apartment and bringing it down the stairs. The unit slipped and landed on the employee's right ankle, requiring surgery.

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