Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137079.015 - Employee is killed when head hits shelving

Accident Summary Nr: 137079.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 07/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1541242.015	07/12/2021		444130	Menards

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on July 9, 2021, an employee was working at the Pro Desk of a hardware store when he left the desk to retrieve an item using his knee-rover. The employee was moving down the back aisle by the doors when he lost control of the knee-rover and hit his head on the vertical beam of a shelving unit. Upon contact with the beam, the employee fell and hit his head again on the concrete floor. The employee died due to head trauma.

Keywords: Beam, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Contact, Head, Lost Control, Picking an order, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1541242.015	64	M	Fatality		Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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