Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201496171 - Employee Trips and Falls, Sustains Hip Fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 201496171 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/19/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315073189	01/11/2012	4214	484110	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on October 19, 2011, Employee #1, a shipping loader for Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, was standing near a loading conveyor and turned around to talk to another employee. While turning, he tripped over a piece of raised metal, fastened to the floor. This caused him to fall, at floor level. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and treated for a subcapital fracture of the left hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONVEYOR, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, LOADER, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315073189			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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