Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201166402 - Employee Fractures Ankle When Struck by Falling Chairs

Accident Summary Nr: 201166402 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126061076	10/11/2004	5251	444130	Home Depot

Abstract: Employee #1, of Home Depot, was working in the garden department. The store was in a canyon near the ocean and, at times, got sudden gusts of wind. Employee #1 was helping a customer in an aisle. Above him was a stack of plastic chairs that had been bound in plastic wrap. They were not secured to the pallet on which they were sitting. A sudden violent gust of wind blew the chairs off the pallet, and they fell on Employee #1 and the customer. Employee #1 sustained a fractured ankle and required hospitalization for two days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, CHAIR, UNSECURED, PALLET, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126061076			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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