OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221643562

WESTERN REFINING RETAIL, LLC

SAN LEANDRO, CA· 2024-02-22T00:00:00

Event: Assault, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, CPR, Cashier, Convenience Store, Convenience Store Clerk, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Gas Station, Head, Metal Pipe, Parking Lot, Pavement, Pushing, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store, Struck Against, Struck By, Unresponsive, Workplace Violence
NAICS: 445120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347300501
Employer profile: WESTERN REFINING RETAIL, LLC
Summary number: 221643562
Report ID: 0950614

Event description

Employee falls when struck by vagrant, dies from head trauma

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:00 p.m. on February 22, 2024, an employee was working as a The employee had his back to the intruder while bending over to pick something up from the ground. The employee fell forward and hit his head against a pipe. The intruder continued to run off the property and down the street. Coworker #1 called 911 and paramedics arrived on site to start CPR. The employee died from blunt force trauma to his head. store manager along with Coworker #1, the assistant store manager, for a corner gas station and convenience store. The employee and Coworker #1 were assisting customers with their purchases and keeping up the store. Coworker #2, the regional manager, was due to visit the store that day and they were preparing for that visit. CCTV footage shows the employee heading outside to the parking lot before returning inside to ask Coworker #1 to assist him outside. As Coworker #1 headed out the door, a vagrant person runs by him from left to right and collides with him. This person continues to run and bumps into the employee.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 78 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
276

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