Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores)

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Department Stores (except Discount Department Stores) industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 494,758, The industry has seen a decline of -4.63%. This change put 24,018 folks onto the unemployment line. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

On Monday, November 13th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Nellis Afb, NV which had occured previously at Army And Air Force Exchange Services. A 50 year old had been injured when the employee sustained fractured after being struck by forklift

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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.

The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, December 19th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Ellsworth, ME at Wal-Mart. A 54 year old woman working as a Cashier was killed on the job when the employee died from heart attack while loading cardboard bale

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OSHA ID91572.015

Accident Date2016-12-18

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on December 18, 2016, an employee was pulling a cart and loading cardboard into a baler. The individual cardboard boxes weighed less than five pounds and the cart was in excellent condition. The employee apparently suffered a heart attack. The electrical systems were grounded and bonded and the carbon monoxide levels were normal.

On Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Morehead, KY after learning of an incident at Wal Mart Supercenter Store 1139 which had occured on Wednesday, November 16th 2016. A 38 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the employee died from heart attack

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OSHA ID90929.015

Accident Date2016-11-16

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn November 16, 2016, an employee was unloading a truck on the general merchand ise docks. The employee complained of chest pains, then sat down on the floor. An EMS was called. The employee told the EMS he had a previous heart attack a nd that he had taken his prescribed glycerin pill.