# Fractures at Lowes Home Center LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098212` · 9/23/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Center LLC
- **Location:** 5291 U. S. Highway 280, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35242
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a rolling staircase ladder to retrieve an item from an upper shelf. The employee missed a step and fell from the ladder to the floor, fracturing his hips and ribs.

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