Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121706.015 - Employee reaching on ladder falls and fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 121706.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445037.015	11/14/2019		448140	The Tjx Companies, Inc.

Abstract: At 845 a.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee who worked for a retail clothing store was standing on an A-frame ladder attempting to change a seasonal banner. The employee did not work within the side rails of the ladder and reached too far over causing the ladder to become unstable and the employee to fall 10 feet to the concrete below. The employee fractured her leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clothing, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ladder, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Reaching From Ladder, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445037.015	40	F	Hospitalized injury		Sales workers, apparel

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