GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO—
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, 215 W Meadows Drive, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81601 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
The injured employee was spotting/escorting another employee who was driving a forklift loaded with a pallet of plywood. The plywood shifted and the injured employee moved out of the way, but tripped and fell to the ground sustaining a fractured arm.
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