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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368806

BEST BUY STORES LP

Event
Concrete, Delivery Work, Electronic Equipment, Fall, Guardrail, Head, Laceration, Lost Balance, Scalp, Stair
NAICS
443141
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345401848
Employer profile
BEST BUY STORES LP
Summary number
221368806
Report ID
0418600

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from second story stairway landin

Investigation abstract

At 06:24 p.m. on July 05, 2021, an employee was delivering a refrigerator to a 2nd floor condominium. The employee was pulling the refrigerator up a flight of stairs with a dolly and the coworker was pushing from below. When they reached the 2nd floor landing, the employee lost his balance and fell and broke through the wooden guardrail. The employee fell approximately 10 feet and 6 inches to the concrete, landing on his head. The employee was killed. The cause of death was determined to be from a severe head injury with laceration to the scalp.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    5

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