OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377229

LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT

CORONA, CA· 2021-07-29T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Inexperience, Ladder, Material Handling, Sales, Sales Representative, Stocking
NAICS: 444110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345452783
Employer profile: LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT
Summary number: 221377229
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee stocking shelves breaks arm in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee working as a sales worker for a hardware store was stocking shelves. The employee fell off a ladder and was hospitalized to treat a broken right arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
268

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