# Fractures at Lowe's Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055155` · 5/21/2019 · ELVERSON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** Lowe's Home Improvement Store 2476, ELVERSON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19520
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell two to three feet from the elevated platform of a powered stock lifter onto the floor resulting in a hip fracture. He was hospitalized.

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