Walmart, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 30, 2024 (fatal): Employee collapses during training and dies from cardiac eve

At 10:38 a.m. on October 4, 2024, Employee #1 was training a fellow employee on how to operate a scissor lift when he suddenly collapsed on the ground. The employee appeared to have suffered a heart attack. Despite immediate efforts to provide assistance, Employee #1 was pronounced dead. The cause of death was determined to be related to personal medical conditions, specifically a cardiac event.

Incident on Nov 8, 2021: Employee amputates fingertip on roll-up door

At 7:51 a.m. on November 8, 2021, an employee, a team lead for stocking in a department store, was closing a roll-up door and applying a padlock to the door after allowing a vendor to enter. After bringing a vendor into the facility through the DSD Roll-Up door, the employee manually pulled down the roll-up door and was in the process of sliding the latch and locking the door when the overhead torsion spring broke. The door suddenly bounced up and caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee suffered a left middle finger tip amputation, including the entire finger nail. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Incident on Apr 5, 2021: Employee trips and injures foot when run over by pallet jack

At 6:00 a.m. on April 5, 2021, Employee #1 was unloading pallets of bananas when he tripped while walking backward. A pallet jack loaded with bananas ran over his right foot, causing pain in his right ankle, lower leg, thigh, and back. The employee was treated and released the same day.

Incident on Nov 2, 2019: Employee's foot is amputated when struck by water bucket

At 12:47 p.m. on November 2, 2019, an employee was cleaning the floors in the bathroom when she went to the maintenance area to empty the full bucket and refill it with clean water. While refilling the bucket, it slipped and fell onto the employee's foot. The employee's foot became infected and she was hospitalized to treat an amputation of her fourth toe.

Incident on Nov 14, 2020: Employee incurs head injuries in workplace violence incident

At 11:00 a.m. on November 14, 2020, an employee was working the front of the store checking customer receipts as they left the store. The employee asked a customer for the receipt for the merchandise he was leaving the store with. The customer became very agitated and punched the employee in the face, knocking the employee to the concrete floor. The employee hit his head on the concrete floor. The customer then punched another customer host and fled the store. The customer was apprehended by the Long Beach Police Department in the parking lot. As the police apprehended the customer, Long Beach Fire arrived on the scene to attend to the employee. After treating the employee, Long Beach Fire transported the employee to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a head injury and then transferred to Kaiser Anaheim, where he underwent brain surgery due to bleeding on the brain. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on May 5, 2020: Employee's toe is amputated, not work-related

On May 30, 20020, an employee developed trouble breathing and was taken to Sutter Hospital in Vallejo, where he was admitted for an infection in his right big toe which ultimately resulted in the amputation of the toe. The employee was hospitalized. The employer provided a summary of their investigation, copies of statements from supervisors stating that the employee told them that the injury occurred away from work, and a summary from their Asset Protection Associate who reviewed video footage of the employee at work, showing no signs of an incident with a pallet jack or injury to the employee. This was not work-related.

Incident on Apr 30, 2020: Employee injures hip after trip and fall

At 8:12 p.m. on April 30, 2020, an employee, a cashier/associate, was working in check stand #1. After she scanned an item and moved to the left attempting to put the item in a bag, the employee said her foot got caught on the mat, and the mat slid, and she fell over onto the floor. The employee suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized. Per the employee, the employer needed to replace the old mats with new mats.

Incident on Mar 11, 2020: Employee is injured in fall off rolling cart

At 2:01 a.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee (an overnight stocker) was stocking material in the Stationary Department, using a rolling stock item (topstock cart). The employee was descending the rolling cart platform, with her hands on the railing, when she lost her balance on the last step, causing a fall to the floor. The employee landed on her back/head area and sustained unspecified injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Aug 19, 2019: Employee incurs multiple injuies in fall from stocking cart

At 6:00 a.m. on August 19, 2019, an employee was stocking items on a shelf from the steps of a stocking cart. The employee fell from the cart, striking the floor with his head and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized to treat head and clavicle injuries, as well as a hematoma on the brain.

Incident on Aug 31, 2019: Employee fractures leg in pallet jack collision with rack

At 9:00 a.m. on August 31, 2019, an employee was operating an electric pallet jack and was trying to back up to take a different route in the warehouse but lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the racks. The employee tried to put his leg out to stop the crash but his foot got crushed between the racks and the jack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left lower leg and foot.

Incident on Jul 24, 2018 (fatal): Employee suffers heart attack at work and dies

At 7:30 a.m. on July 24, 2018, an employee was walking, suffered chest pain and died.

Incident on Jun 9, 2018: Employee faints and vomits

At 7:45 a.m. on June 9, 2018, an employee with a pre-existing medical condition was checking her email when she started feeling dizzy. She vomited blood in a trash can and proceeded to faint. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. treatment.

Incident on May 9, 2018: Employee slips and falls from ladder and fractures hip and s

At 12:30 p.m. on May 9, 2018, an employee was climbing down a 4 foot A Frame ladder and was carrying a 14 lb box of cookies from the top shelf. The employee missed the last step and slipped on a patch of ice on the freezer floor. The employee fractured his shoulder and hip when he fell. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 4, 2017: Employee trips and falls in parking lot and is hospitalized

At 6:05 p.m. on December 4, 2017, Employee #1 was walking to her car after her shift. Employee #1 tripped on a planter located between parking stalls. Employee #1 suffered compression fractures on two vertebras.

Incident on May 18, 2017: Employee loses control over forklift and fractures leg

At 1:00 a.m. on May 18, 2017, an employee was restocking a restaurant aisle using a stand-up forklift. The employee was making a left turn when she lost control and crashed into a refrigerator/cooler. The employee suffered multiple fractures to her leg and was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 1, 2010: Employee injures back when struck by motor vehicle

On October 1, 2010, Employee #1 was operating a motorized cart collector at a re tail store. While moving carts through the parking lot of the store, a backing c ar struck Employee #1. Employee #1 was taken to nearby medical facility, where h e was hospitalized and treated for a fractured back. The accident investigation reported that Employee #1 was wearing the appropriate safety gear and had been t rained in the equipment's operation. Further the equipment had received necessar y maintenance.

Incident on Jan 15, 2006: Employee fractures ankle in fall while bailing strap

On January 15, 2006, Employee #1, a stock and inventory clerk, was bailing a str ap. His foot became caught, and he fell to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitali zed and treated for a fractured ankle.

Incident on Jan 20, 2006: Employee is struck in head by falling object

On January 20, 2006, Employee #1 was struck in the temple by a steel beam which formed part of a metal storage rack. It had been leaned against a wire mesh stor age cage. He was hospitalized with a concussion.

Incident on Nov 14, 2004: Employee is injured in trip and fall

On November 14, 2004, Employee #1, an associate in the Fabric department wanted to make an outside phone call. There was no phone in the lounge on that day. Emp loyee #1 went to the lay-away department by walking through the hallway which co nnects the lounge with the lay-away department. There is a door from the hallway to the lay-away department that opens inside the lay-away department. The door, when fully open, rests against a built-in desk approximately 30-in. high. There was a phone on the desk approximately 22 in. from the door opening. Employee #1 made a phone call using that phone. As Employee #1 was coming out of the lay-aw ay department through the door she tripped. As Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor she heard some kind of sound as if the phone set which she just used fell on the floor. Employee #1 suffered a dislocated left shoulder and a fractured le ft upper arm near the shoulder joint and was hospitalized for five days.

Incident on Nov 14, 2003: Employee injured after fall from storage rack

On November 14, 2003, an employee was stocking Christmas merchandise while stand ing on the top level of metal storage rack, approximately 7.5-ft high. Her foot became lodged between two wooden slats. She lost her balance and fell to the cem ent floor. She was hospitalized and treated for fracture.

Incident on Jan 11, 1998: Employee injured in fall from ladder

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on January 11, 1998, Employee #1 was moving bags of c harcoal, each weighing approximately 10 pounds, from an upper shelf to a lower s helf. Employee #1 fell but has no memory of the incident, and his physician says he may never remember. Employee #1 was found on the floor by a customer's child . His head was on the bottom shelf, and the ladder he had been using was on the floor. Employee #1 sustained two hairline fractures to his skull and was hospita lized for two days.

Incident on Nov 27, 1994: Employee injures kneecap tripping over pallet on floor

Employee #1, of Wal-Mart, walked beyond the surface marked warning barrier in th e warehouse, tripped over the corner of a pallet, and fell to her hands and knee s, fracturing her left knee cap. The walking surface had warning tape defining t he aisles, normal smooth surfaces, and good lighting.

Incident on May 12, 1994: Employee injured in fall into lube pit

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on May 12, 1994, Employee #1 was changing the oil of a vehicle parked over the lube pit. He was standing on the metal grate end frame which guards the opening. As he turned his body to throw an empty oil can in th e garbage, the metal grate slipped forward under the car causing him to fall int o the pit. Employee #1 fell 6 feet to the metal work platform and rolled down 3 steps onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained abdominal blunt trauma, two right rib fractures and a possible right hemothorax. Safety covers are designed to slide open to allow work from underneath. When Employee #1 stepped on the co ver, it slid open.