# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2024076613` · 7/21/2024 · CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 4950 Peachtree Boulevard, CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA, 30341
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dealing with an angry customer. The customer followed the employee to the phone, grabbed him by the throat, and threw him to the ground. He suffered a broken hip and a broken nose.

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