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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430457

WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER # 6020

Event
Fracture, Leg, Material Handling, Pallet, Tripped
NAICS
452319
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345742472
Employer profile
WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER # 6020
Summary number
221430457
Report ID
0420600

Event description

Employee fractures lower leg after tripping on pallet

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was filling an order in an aisle of a distribution center. As the employee was walking backwards, he tripped on a pallet on the pallet jack that he was facing. The employee fractured his lower leg and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    327

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