# Fractures at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2019032712` · 3/14/2019 · LOUISVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Generators
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 1200 W Dillon Road, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, 80027
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a small generator with a cart. The wheel of the cart got caught in a floor seam and the generator tipped over and fell on his right knee and ankle, causing a broken ankle and a chipped knee.

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