Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201070414 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201070414 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125880732	08/23/2006	5311	452112	Target

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 a.m. on August 5, 2006, Employee #1 was a Receiving/Pull Operator for a discount retail store. She was standing approximately 6 ft high on a 10-ft folding A-frame ladder, pulling a box from a shelf. The box was 4-ft long and contained a small bicycle. The box was not heavy, and she pulled it out with one hand while holding onto the ladder with her other hand. She dropped the box to the floor. The ladder folded, and she fell. The ladder fell on top of her. She was hospitalized for a compression fracture to her lower back.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEPLADDER, BACK, FALL, STORAGE RACK, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125880732			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales support occupations, n.e.c.

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