# Fractures at Lowes Store #1198
> OSHA SIR `2025054934` · 5/25/2025 · WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Store #1198
- **Location:** 15 Commerce Way, WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01801
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through the parking lot, returning from lunch. The employee was walking under the lumber canopy when they tripped over a flat cart and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured humerus and five fractured ribs.

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