Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125475517 - Safeway Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on July 26, 2013, Employee #1, store clerk, was working in the seafood department of a store. His regular duties included bringing out stocks and products from a walk in freezer and shelving them in the store for sale the following day. He had made six trips in and out of the freezer, when on his seventh trip; he noticed the boxes of shrimps at the back wall of the freezer. Employee #1 decided to gather one of the boxes and included it on his seventh trip. After picking up the box, he turned around and took a step or two, when he stepped either on a mound of ice or a chunk of ice on the floor, which caused him to slip and lose his balance. His left foot went up in the air and went down and he landed hard on his right leg, fracturing the femur. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and transported him to a medical center, where he was hospitalized over three days for treatment on the femur fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, LOST BALANCE, LEG