# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2024010006` · 1/1/2024 · EATONTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wood building materials  unspecified form
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 118 New Jersey 35, EATONTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 07724
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was acting as a spotter while a forklift pulled a lumber order off a shelf. Lumber fell off the forklift and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured leg.

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