Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200080273 - Two employees injured by falling goods when racks collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200080273 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 07/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109850214	07/03/1999	5311	0	Family Dollar Stores Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were off-loading boxes from homemade wooden racks in the stockroom that had begun to sag. As they were working, the racks pulled out of the wall, burying them under corrugated boxes full of hardware. Both employees were extricated by the Fire Department and sent to the hospital. Employee #1, age 16, was admitted for observation of a possible head injury; Employee #2 was treated and released.

Keywords: HEAD, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, BURIED, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109850214			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Sales counter clerks
2	109850214			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

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