Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657532 - Employee Fractures Ankle in Shelving Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202657532 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/15/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316669720	05/02/2013	5411	445110	Ralph'S Grocery Co.

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on April 15, 2013, an incident occurred where Employee #1 suffered a right ankle fracture after falling over shelving that had slid down behind him in a storage container at the back of the store. On the day of the accident Employee #1 was organizing boxes in a storage container behind the store when some metal shelving stacked against the wall slid down behind him, when the employee turned around to walk he fell striking his right ankle on the post of the door. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was seen and released. Employee #1 successfully underwent surgery several days later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, STRUCK BY, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316669720			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Stock and inventory clerks

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