OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221364482

WALMART INC.

SAVANNAH, TN· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Department Store, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Grocery Store, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Material Handling, Off Loading, Removing, Roller Conveyor, Seizure, Struck By, Trailer Truck, Truck, Unconsciousness, Unloading, Unsecured
NAICS: 452319
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345374896
Employer profile: WALMART INC.
Summary number: 221364482
Report ID: 0454715

Event description

Employee sustains head trauma when struck by falling food ca

Investigation abstract

At 3:31 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working for a department store was unloading a truck containing general merchandise. The employee was manually removing stacked product from the trailer and placing the items on a roller bed. A case of canned vegetables fell from a stack and struck the employee on the head. The employee lost consciousness and once he regained consciousness he began having seizures. The employee was hospitalized due to head trauma.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
0

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