OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221456627

WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA· 2021-10-25T00:00:00

Event: Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Knee, Moving, Pallet Jack, Step, Tripped, Walking Surface
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345622906
Employer profile: WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC.
Summary number: 221456627
Report ID: 0950611

Event description

Employee fractures kneecaps in trip over pallet jack

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on October 25, 2021, an employee was carrying a tray of food when she stepped aside to give way to a coworker pushing a cart. As the employee stepped aside, she tripped on the metal fork of the hand pallet jack that was parked on the walkway and fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to both of her kneecaps.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 59 F

Event type
4

Occupation code
439

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