OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417173

WALMART, INC.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH· 2021-12-01T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crate, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Order-picker, Picking an order, Struck By, Unsecured, Vertebra
NAICS: 452311
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345673941
Employer profile: WALMART, INC.
Summary number: 221417173
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee suffers multiple injuries when struck by falling cr

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee was picking crates of meat for delivery from pallets under a racking system. While the employee was picking the order, a coworker on the other side of the rack nudged the pallet directly above the employee causing an unsecured crate to fall. The employee was hospitalized to treat a scalp laceration, an ankle fracture, and a fractured cervical vertebra.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
1

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