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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Lowes Home Center, LLC

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Lowes Home Center, LLC, 251 Quaker Road, QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK 12804 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

An employee was walking when she tripped over a fan cord and fell, resulting in multiple fractured bones in her shoulder and face.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Lowes Home Center LLC

An employee was standing on a rolling staircase ladder to retrieve an item from an upper shelf. The employee missed a step and fell from the ladder to the floor, fracturing his hips and ribs.

Lowes Home Center LLC

An employee was on top of a low-profile trailer helping a customer load material. The employee fell off the trailer and sustained a broken right tibia.

Lowes Home Center LLC

An employee was descending a scissor lift when his finger got caught on the latch of the scissor lift. The employee sustained an amputation to the left ring fingertip.

Lowes Home Center, LLC

An employee was loading 55 bags of mulch in a trailer when he slipped off the trailer to the ground and broke a bone in his right shoulder.

Lowes Home Center, LLC

An employee was unloading drywall from a forklift. The weight of the drywall caused the forklift to tilt as the drywall was being moved off the forks. As soon as the drywall was fully removed from the forks, the truck tilted back in place and injured the employee, who suffered major swelling of the neck/spine and required hospitalization.

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Walmart Stores 4686

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

Walgreens Co.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

TJX Companies / TMaxx

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

Hamilton Parker Company, LLC.

The injured employee was walking through the warehouse. Another associate was driving a forklift with a pallet of large format tile (slabs) when the slabs began to tip. The injured employee ran over to stop the slabs from falling, but the slabs fell on his lower left leg/foot. The employee sustained fractures in his lower leg and foot. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Menard, Inc.

An employee was doing a cutback on a piece of lumber using a chop saw. The saw hit a knot, the piece of lumber buckled, then kicked back and broke the kickback guard. The board was then pulled back into the blade, which lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers.

Lowe's Home Improvement LLC

On October 16, 2025, an employee was entering a parking lot after completing their work shift when they were struck by a vehicle being operated by a customer. The employee fell backward from the impact and the back of their head struck the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized due to brain bleed and a skull fracture.

Menard, Inc.

An employee was descending a rolling ladder when she fell from the last step and her head struck the floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC dba Lowe's of Mount Vernon

On September 24, 2025, an employee was using a sledgehammer to straighten the forks on a forklift when a piece of metal broke off the fork and became lodged in the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.