BJ's Wholesale Club

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WEST LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at BJ's Wholesale Club in WEST LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Employer BJ's Wholesale Club Report ID 2020065769
Address 262 Plainfield road City, State ZIP WEST LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03784
Event Date June 20, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Shelves, shelving
Industry (NAICS) 452910 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 43.62000, -72.32000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving boxes in a bakery freezer and stepped on a stack of two pallets. The employee lost balance and fell back, hitting their head and shoulder on a steel shelving unit.

Incident Summary

On June 20, 2020, a worker at BJ's Wholesale Club in WEST LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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