Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122049.015 - Employee fractures femur in fall from mobile ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 122049.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 11/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447884.015	11/27/2019		452112	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:42 a.m. on November 23, 2019, an employee was removing candles from the top shelf. The employee was standing on the top stock cart platform retrieving some candles and started to descend the two rung ladder. The employee was standing square with the shelving and twisted her body, placing her right leg backwards onto the ladder step, and then placed her right leg down and missed a step and landed on the floor. The employee stumbled backwards and fell to the ground breaking her femur bone. The employee did not hit anything or land on anything when she stumbled and fell. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Descending, Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Ladder, Leg, Platform, Raised platform, Removing, Thigh

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1447884.015	61	F	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, general office

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