# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Lowe's Home Centers LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201010228` · 10/28/2020 · FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers LLC
- **Location:** Store # 2516, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, 75028
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking out a customer whose purchases were on a flatbed shopping cart. The employee tripped over the end of the cart and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a spleen injury.

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