OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403793

THE SAVE MART COMPANIES, INC.

UNION CITY, CA· 2021-09-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Cook, Cooker, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Food Handling, Fracture, Fryer, Grocery Store, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Tile, Tripped, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345592372
Employer profile: THE SAVE MART COMPANIES, INC.
Summary number: 221403793
Report ID: 0950614

Event description

Employee fractures shoulder in trip and fall on fryer doors

Investigation abstract

At 4:40 p.m. on September 19, 2021, an employee working as a cook for a grocery where she was treated for a fractured left shoulder and released the same day. store chain was performing her end of the shift tasks in the deli department. Her tasks included draining oil from the fryer and washing dishes. The employee was draining oil from the deep fryer. This required that the lower doors of the fryer remain open so the level of oil could be watched so as to not overflow. While the oil was draining, the employee was doing dishes. During this time, a customer came to the deli counter. As the employee turned to assist the customer, she tripped over the open fryer doors landing on the tile floor on her left shoulder. The employee was transported via ambulance to the local hospital,

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 F

Event type
4

Occupation code
436

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