# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `20231211577` · 12/22/2023 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 201 Conley Road North, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the receiving roll-up door when they fell off the dock to the ground below. The employee sustained a femur fracture.

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