# Fractures at The Home Depot, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043239` · 4/19/2021 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot, Inc.
- **Location:** 3031 N. Andrews Avenue, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet. When he swung the pallet to the floor, a protruding nail on the pallet cut his left forearm and hand. He suffered a broken left wrist.

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