Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139108.015 - Employee breaks leg in fall pulling on item from top shelf

Accident Summary Nr: 139108.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1552929.015	09/14/2021		452311	A And A Quality Appliance, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on September 10, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a warehouse club was pulling a double walled oven from the top rack of a storage rack. When the employee pulled on the box, he fell backwards down the opposite side of the rack (where it was not completely racked) before striking the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left femur.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Femur, Fracture, Laborer, Leg, Material Handling, Metal, Oven, Pulling, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1552929.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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