Inspection Detail

Inspection: 305352106 - Albertson'S

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Inspection Nr: 305352106

Report ID: 0950631

Date Opened: 09/17/2003

Site Address:
Albertson'S
P O Box 1610
Brea, CA 92821

Mailing Address:
200 N Puente St, Brea, CA 92821

Union Status: Union

SIC:4225

NAICS: 493110/General Warehousing and Storage

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/26/2004

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/02/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362368128

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201144508

Event: 09/11/2003

Employee falls from load bar and fractures vertebrae

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on September 12, 2003, an employee, maintenance worker, was working in the warehouse for storage of frozen food products and other items requiring refrigeration. A new product line was coming in. The racks and load bars, pallet support racks, on the shelving had to be adjusted and new identifying codes put on the shelves. The employee climbed up onto a rack by stepping up on the cross bar at the end of the shelving and walked across the slats. He was carrying a DeWalt, cordless, screw drill. As he bent over, he lost his balance and fell 70-in. to the floor. A coworker, standing on a ladder screwing down load bars in an adjacent row, heard the screw drill drop; turned and observed the employee hit the floor. The employee was hospitalized for over 24-hours with a fracture of the L2 vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAKES, FALL, VERTEBRA

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305352106			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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