Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170719520 - Employee breaks ankle in fall after tripping over pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 170719520 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 05/23/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119916666	05/25/1994	5411	0	Lucky Stores, Inc.

Abstract: At about 1:50 p.m. on May 23, 1994, Employee #1 was in a walkway behind the dairy deli near the meat door, putting some bags on a shelf. A pallet (4 ft by 3 ft 4 in. by 4 1/2 in. high) that he had emptied about 4 hours earlier was on the floor. Employee #1 tripped on the pallet and broke his left ankle. He was in the hospital 5 days. The company has a verbal rule about standing pallets on edge but nothing about leaving them flat in the walkway.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRIPPED, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, PALLET, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119916666			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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