Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128902.015 - Employee fractures leg in fall while descending rolling ladd

Accident Summary Nr: 128902.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489587.015	08/20/2020		452111	Target Corporation

Abstract: At 7:32 a.m. on April 13, 2020, an employee working for a department store was pulling merchandise from a backroom storage area to bring to the floor. The employee was the Sales Floor Team Member/General Merchandise Expert for the store. The employee was using a Cotterman Track Ladder or Rolling Ladder to climb and reach shelves for stocks to be pulled and returned. The employee was finishing her stock pull and had two more batches that she was working on. She was working almost at back wall in the isle after the freezer. She was at the top shelf pulling stock and had an item in her hand which prevented safe use of the ladder. The employee was descending the ladder when she fell to the floor. The employee fractured her lower right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Department Store, Descending, Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Leg, Material Handling, Retail Clerk, Stocking

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1489587.015	64	F	Hospitalized injury		Stock and inventory clerks

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