# Fractures at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2019021265` · 2/4/2019 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Counters, counter tops
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** 8211 Macedonia Commons Blvd., MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading countertops from a pallet. After the banding was cut, some of the countertops slid off the pallet and hit the employee's left foot, causing a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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