# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2024087005` · 8/1/2024 · BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 24500 Miles Road, BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a drivable power stock lift machine to retrieve merchandise from the top shelf.  The employee fell from the power stock lift and sustained fractures to their head and ribs.

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