# Fractures at LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024109658` · 10/17/2024 · STUART, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.
- **Location:** 3620 SE FEDERAL HWY., STUART, FLORIDA, 34997
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift. While reversing, it struck him on the left side. He suffered two broken bones in the foot and a displaced lateral malleolus fracture.

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