Department Stores

Industry Summary

The Department Stores industry has shown some reduction in numbers lately, with employment losses of -0.35% between 2014 and 2015 (the last reported data). There are currently 15,164 firms engaged in business within this industry and on average, each establishment employs 89 workers. On average over the last five years, the Department Stores industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (37% more) than the broader General Merchandise Stores Industry

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The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, November 13th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Nellis Afb, NV after learning of an incident at Army And Air Force Exchange Services which had occured on Thursday, November 9th 2017. A 50 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the employee sustained fractured after being struck by forklift

OSHA ID100676.015

Accident Date2017-11-09

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 7:30 a.m. on November 9, 2017, an employee was working at the base exchange at an Air Force base. He was going on break to have a cigarette. A forklift nearby was backing up. When he stopped and bent down to pick up a paper, he was struck the forklift. He sustained a fractured wrist and a fractured hip. He was hospitalized.

OSHA investigators arrived in Goodlettsville, TN on Monday, November 13th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Dolgen Corp Of Texas, Inc. A 27 year old had been killed when the cashier was shot and killed during a robbery

OSHA ID100898.015

Accident Date2017-11-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:00 p.m. on November 6, 2017, an employee was working as a cashier at a store. An assailant entered the store and demanded money from the register at gunpoint. The employee gave the register till to the assailant. The assailant mishandled his firearm and shot the store clerk. As a result, the assailant panicked, dropped the money and ran.

OSHA investigators arrived in Redding, CA on Tuesday, October 24th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Shopko Stores Operating Co., Llc. A 67 year old woman working as a Sales worker was injured on the job when the employee trips over scanner cord in store and fractured leg

OSHA ID100101.015

Accident Date2017-10-22

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 4:45 a.m. on October 22, 2017, an employee was walking to get some paperwork and tripped over a plug-in type handheld retail store price scanner cord. The employee fractured his right femur and was hospitalized.

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