# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2023076759` · 7/26/2023 · SCHERTZ, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 17280 Interstate 35 North, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watering tables of plants in the garden center. They turned around to water a different table and tripped over pallet of soil, causing them to fall and sustain a fractured hip.

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