Academy Sports + Outdoors

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Skull fracture and intracranial injury — OLATHE, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Academy Sports + Outdoors in OLATHE, KANSAS
Employer Academy Sports + Outdoors Report ID 2019065523
Address 14405 West 135th Street City, State ZIP OLATHE, KANSAS 66062
Event Date June 1, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Skull fracture and intracranial injury Body Part Brain
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 451110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 38.88000, -94.75000

Incident Narrative

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder retrieving product from a shelf, when he fell and struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee suffered a fractured skull and an intracranial hemorrhage.

Incident Summary

On June 1, 2019, a worker at Academy Sports + Outdoors in OLATHE, KANSAS suffered skull fracture and intracranial injury to the brain. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with movable ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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