Incident on Jan 10, 2015 (fatal): Employee is struck in the head by a bin of dishes that fell
At approximately 7:10 PM on January 10, 2015, a kitchen worker was putting dishes away on the dish rack when a plastic bin fell from the top shelf of the dish rack and struck the employee on his head. The dish rack is almost 6 feet tall (71") and the employee was 5'9" tall. The employee had placed the plastic bin on the top shelf of the dish rack then turned around to put other dishes away. That is when the plastic bin fell from the top shelf and struck the employee on the head. The employee had some bleeding on the back of his head and was taken to the hospital immediately by management. The employee was treated and released from the hospital the same day. The employee continued under his doctor's care. The employee had surgery to alleviate a medical conditioned developed after the incident. Due to the complications from the head trauma, the employee died on March 11, 2015.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Madison site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 209 workers: 0.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Madison 2 - Main Store
Madison · 2024
209
1
0
0.7
4.0
Madison 1 - Main Store
Madison · 2024
158
2
2
1.8
4.0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.
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