Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117246.015 - Employee is injured in fall after leaving platform of WAVE

Accident Summary Nr: 117246.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1408868.015	06/17/2019		424480	Target Corporation

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on June 13, 2019, an employee was standing in a Work Assist Vehicle (WAVE) order picker 8 to 10 feet from the ground retrieving boxes from a storage rack. The employee opened the gate of the WAVE and stepped onto the rack with her right foot and then climbed onto the side of the mid rail of the WAVE with her left foot to reach a bundle of boxes in order to cut the strapping. While trying to return to the WAVE platform, the employee fell to the floor and suffered multiple injuries, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Order-picker , Picking an order, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Raised platform, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Work Platform

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1408868.015	32	F	Hospitalized injury		Material recording, sched'g & distr. clerks n.e.c.

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