# Fractures at Ace Hardware Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021210` · 2/6/2018 · LIMA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ace Hardware Corporation
- **Location:** 3700 S. Dixie Hwy, LIMA, OHIO, 45806
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 6, 2018, an employee was unloading pipe from a lift gate when the employee tripped off the end of the lift gate and landed on the ground, suffering cracked ribs and a back injury that required hospitalization.

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