Discount Department Stores

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Discount Department Stores industry saw employment growth of only 2.3%. There are an average of 82 workers at each of the 10,481 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

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.
On Tuesday, October 24th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Redding, CA after learning of an incident at Shopko Stores Operating Co., Llc which had occured on Sunday, October 22nd 2017. 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.
On Friday, October 27th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Shawano, WI at Walmart. A 57 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID100202.015
Accident Date2017-10-19
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:48 a.m. on October 19, 2017, an employee walked into the bay before the Auto Care Center was open for the day. The employee walked onto an elevated platform by climbing up the stairs at the end of the platform and fell 28 inches to another platform. The employee suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
1.19
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 1087
173.7%
Inspection Rate: 0.98
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 83