# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Lowe's Home Improvements
> OSHA SIR `20241211284` · 12/6/2024 · STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Structural barriers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvements
- **Location:** 104 Valley Vista Drive, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16803
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a customer at the checkout when she stepped backward onto an aisle blocker, causing her to fall and twist her ankle. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated ankle.

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