# Fractures at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064451` · 6/1/2021 · POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- **Location:** 1201 KEYSTONE BLVD, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a reach truck in the reverse position and lowering the forks. The truck struck a wood pallet, a piece of which broke off. The employee's right leg was pinned between the piece of wood and the truck's cab. The leg was broken, and the employee was hospitalized.

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