OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221575806
ROSS STORES, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA—
Event description
Employee injures ankle and fractures spine in fall, later di
Investigation abstract
At 9:33 a.m. on October 11, 2022, Employee #1 was scanning boxes while they were Employee #1, who died on March 16, 2023 at the hospital after undergoing elective surgery. Employee #1 sustained a spinal fracture. being unloaded onto a loading dock from a truck. Employee #1 was scanning boxes being unloaded from a truck onto a flexible conveyer. Employee #1 walked to the truck and flexible conveyor in the dock area, and, while pushing a box onto the flexible conveyor, her right foot fell through a gap between the dock and truck. Employee #1 pulled herself up and continued working. Employee #1 notified her employer of the the accident and ankle injury on the same day after completing her shift and stated she would be visiting an urgent care. On June 27, 2023 the Division was notified by the Kern County Coroner's Office of a death involving
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 F
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 264
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