OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391089

A AND A QUALITY APPLIANCE, INC.

THORNTON, CO· 2021-09-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Femur, Fracture, Laborer, Leg, Material Handling, Metal, Oven, Pulling, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 452311
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345529291
Employer profile: A AND A QUALITY APPLIANCE, INC.
Summary number: 221391089
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee breaks leg in fall pulling on item from top shelf

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on September 10, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a warehouse club was pulling a double walled oven from the top rack of a storage rack. When the employee pulled on the box, he fell backwards down the opposite side of the rack (where it was not completely racked) before striking the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left femur.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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