# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement Store
> OSHA SIR `20181011191` · 10/30/2018 · REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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