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.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Goodlettsville, TN on Monday, November 13th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Dolgen Corp Of Texas, Inc which had occured on Monday, November 6th 2017. A 27 year old woman working as a was killed on the job 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 after learning of an incident at Shopko Stores Operating Co., Llc which had occured on Sunday, October 22nd 2017. A 67 year old Sales worker had been injured 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.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, October 27th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Shawano, WI after learning of an incident at Walmart which had occured on Thursday, October 19th 2017. A 57 year old had been injured 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.

Discount Department Stores

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