Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified · Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lowe's Home Improvement LLC, 120 Sundance Parkway, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78681
on — Intracranial injuries with skull fractures, affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
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.
An employee was moving a toolbox from a pallet to the sales floor when his left middle finger got caught between the toolbox and the concrete floor, resulting in a fingertip amputation of the distal digit.
An employee was stocking patio stone when he tripped on loose banding and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a broken hip that required surgery.
On March 25, 2025, an employee was assisting customers in the parking lot when they tripped over part of a customer's vehicle and fell. The employee sustained a broken hip.
An employee was retrieving an umbrella from a storage container. He lost his footing and fell backward, causing umbrellas that he was holding to fall on top of him. He then struck his head on the floor of the storage container. The employee was hospitalized for a potential subdural hematoma.
An employee was operating a switch truck at a rail yard. He got out of the switch truck to unlock a container that was attached to a unit in front of him. The switch truck rolled and pinned the employee against the container. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a ruptured spleen, and a possible spinal cord injury.
An employee was moving branches and other material when they were struck in the leg by the track of a skid-steer loader, resulting in an ankle and lower leg injury.
An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee suffered bruising and swelling on her hips, lower back, knees, and left side; a puncture wound to her left thigh from a machine screw; a crushed right hand with numbness and tingling; numbness to the left big toe; and a right wrist sprain.
An employee was walking out of the store when she was struck by a vehicle. The employee sustained intracranial bleeding and swelling, a fracture at the base of the skull involving the left occipital region, and lung contusions. The employee was hospitalized.
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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.
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.
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.
An employee was stocking product in the lawn and garden area of a store when they tripped over a storage rack that was approximately knee height. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.