Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112491.015 - Employee sustains fractured leg when struck by falling boxes

Accident Summary Nr: 112491.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/23/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1368878.015	01/02/2019		452910	Costco Wholesale Corporation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 23, 2018, an employee was working at a warehouse club or supercenter. She was cleaning up the site's merchandising area and walking back to the shipping department. As she was walking in the aisle, she glanced up to the left and saw three pallets tipping over. It happened so quickly that she did not have any time to react. Boxes of barstools on pallets fell on top of the employee, knocking her to the floor. She sustained a laceration to the back of her head and fractures to the tibia and fibula in her right leg. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Pallet, Storage Rack, Storage Room, Struck By, Tibia

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1368878.015	26	F	Hospitalized injury		Hand packers and packagers

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