# Fractures at Lowes Home Improvement #318
> OSHA SIR `2021053802` · 5/8/2021 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Improvement #318
- **Location:** 1225 W US HWY 50, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81008
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and a co-worker were loading a cart with corrugated roofing material. The cart tipped over and the merchandise fell, striking and fracturing the injured employee's leg.

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