Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120223755 - Albertsons

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 120223755

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 02/03/1995

Site Address:
Albertsons
6737 Watt Ave
North Highlands, CA 95660

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:5411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/22/1995

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/21/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361496953

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	342 A	02/22/1995	02/03/1995	$300	$300	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170812093

Event: 11/14/1994

Employee's leg fractured when struck by hand pallet jack

On November 18, 1994, Employee #1, the grocery manager for Albertsons, was moving several pallets of bottled water out the back receiving service doorway and down a ramp (measured at a 11 percent slope) to a waiting customer. Each pallet weighed 1,500 lb. While moving the first two pallets down the ramp using a non-powered hand pallet jack, he had help from another clerk. When he was ready to move the last pallet, he again paged the clerk for help and was waiting for him at the top of the ramp, but the pallet started to move down the ramp as he was waiting. The brake system would not hold, and he was pinned against a guard post at the bottom of the ramp as he tried to guide it down. First aid was administered by the local fire department paramedics, and then Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Roseville General, where he was treated for a compound fracture of the tibia and three breaks of the fibula of the left leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BRAKE, PALLETIZED CARGO, RAMP, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, LOST CONTROL, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120223755			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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