# Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2025077074` · 7/21/2025 · CROSS LANES, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 1000 Nitro Marketplace, CROSS LANES, WEST VIRGINIA, 25313
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was escorting a forklift inside a store. While walking backward, the employee tripped on a pallet and fell, suffering a broken hip.

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