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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Lowe's Home Improvement

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

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Lowe's Home Improvement, 6101 Apples Way, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68516 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee was mopping a break room. She tripped over a broom that was leaning against the wall and suffered a broken hip.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Floor, n.e.c.

Lowe's Home Improvement

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

Lowe's Home Improvement

An employee climbed a racking system to retrieve decking. The employee fell through the racking and landed on the floor, resulting in a fractured right leg.

Lowe's Home Improvement

A cashier was walking to the register in the lumber department when another employee was pushing a cart with lumber and the cart struck the cashier. The cashier fell and sustained a broken left arm and a dislocated left elbow.

Lowe's Home Improvement

An employee was helping to load a refrigerator onto a customer's trailer when he tripped and fell off the trailer to the ground. The employee's right hip was broken and required surgery.

Lowe's Home Improvement

An employee was operating a drivable power stock lift machine to retrieve merchandise from the top shelf. The employee fell from the power stock lift and sustained fractures to their head and ribs.

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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.

Concrete Industries Nebraska City

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Cellar Crew LLC

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

BANB Farms Inc.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.