# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2024109973` · 10/27/2024 · STEUBENVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 4115 Mall Drive, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, 43952
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load a refrigerator onto a customer's trailer when he tripped and fell off the trailer to the ground. The employee's right hip was broken and required surgery.

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