# Fractures at Lowe's Home Centers LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043098` · 4/9/2024 · PACE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers LLC
- **Location:** 5143 HWY 90, PACE, FLORIDA, 32571
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift operator in the lumber area of a store. When he stopped to speak with a customer, the forklift struck him and knocked him to the ground. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken left ankle and right femur.

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