# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `20231211462` · 12/18/2023 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 25 Rohrerstown Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually unloading a pallet at floor level. They stepped onto the pallet and picked up a box. When stepping back off, the employee lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a left wrist fracture and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

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