# Fractures at Lowes Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2022076118` · 7/13/2022 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Improvement
- **Location:** 500 Moraine Point Plaza, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16001
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a refrigerator onto a dolly. The employee fell backward, landing on the trailer floor and suffering a broken upper-back vertebra.

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