O'Fallon Furniture Store Employee Killed in Tragic Accident
A furniture store employee in O’Fallon was killed in the store’s warehouse when a love seat fell on top of him, crushing him, according to an article on StlToday.com. The employee had gone to retrieve furniture for a customer and failed to return. His manager went to the warehouse to look for him and found him pinned between furniture and a stock picker, which is a machine that lifts and lowers heavy objects. The employee had been using the stock picker to retrieve a love seat.
The manager lowered the employee to the ground, called 911 and began administering CPR. However, the man died later at the hospital. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating the incident. OSHA had no complaints or violations against the O’Fallon store in its records, which date back to 1972. According to OSHA, over 5,000 people in the United States were killed in workplace accidents in 2008. 148 workers were killed in Missouri workplace accidents alone in 2008.
If a worker is injured or killed in a Missouri workplace accident, the worker or his or her family may be entitled to compensation. The compensation could include medical expenses and lost wages, payments for permanent disabilities and other damages. The family of a deceased worker is also entitled to these benefits.
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