# Fractures at LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119629` · 11/8/2021 · BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC.
- **Location:** 1210 N EISENHOWER DRIVE, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25801
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying cinder blocks when they tripped and fell over other cinder blocks in the aisleway. A cinder block landed on their arm, resulting in a fracture.

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