# Fractures at LOWES HOME CENTERS INC
> OSHA SIR `20191212389` · 12/2/2019 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** LOWES HOME CENTERS INC
- **Location:** 5750 FRUITVILLE ROAD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34232
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator that was moving pallets with bags of concrete. The operator hit the brakes as the exposed employee was in front of the load. Bags of concrete fell from the pallets and struck the employee, who suffered a hip fracture.

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