OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393838

FLEET WHOLESALE SUPPLY COMPANY

ANTIGO, WI· 2021-09-13T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caster, Department Store, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Fracture, Hip, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Platform, Raised platform, Stepladder, Storage Rack, Unsecured, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 452210
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345542047
Employer profile: FLEET WHOLESALE SUPPLY COMPANY
Summary number: 221393838
Report ID: 0521100

Event description

Employee breaks hip in fall from ladder while retrieving mat

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on September 13, 2021, an employee, a sales lead at a department store was retrieving material from warehouse racking in the back area of the building. The employee was standing on a platform stepladder equipped with spring-loaded casters to access products stored on pallets. Unable to reach the product from the ladder, the employee stepped onto the rack to retrieve it. While stepping back onto the ladder platform, the ladder shifted, causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a broken hip and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 63 F

Event type
5

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