# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lowes
> OSHA SIR `2022054402` · 5/19/2022 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes
- **Location:** 1136 W. Alexis Rd., TOLEDO, OHIO, 43612
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 19, 2022, an employee was moving a portable rack full of plants. The rack's wheels hit a watering hose causing the rack to fall and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injured vertebrae in their back.

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