Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221370794

MENARDS

Event
Beam, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Contact, Head, Lost Control, Picking an order, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS
444130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345412423
Employer profile
MENARDS
Summary number
221370794
Report ID
0728500

Event description

Employee is killed when head hits shelving

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on July 9, 2021, an employee was working at the Pro Desk of a hardware store when he left the desk to retrieve an item using his knee-rover. The employee was moving down the back aisle by the doors when he lost control of the knee-rover and hit his head on the vertical beam of a shelving unit. Upon contact with the beam, the employee fell and hit his head again on the concrete floor. The employee died due to head trauma.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    4
    Occupation code
    268

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