Lakewood, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: BMI Merchandise
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BMI Merchandise in 1960 Rutgers University Boulevard, Lakewood, NJ 8701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was barcoder in toys (including electronic) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BMI Merchandise
- Parent company
- BMI Merchandise
- Street
- 1960 Rutgers University Boulevard
- City
- Lakewood
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 8701
- On-site location
- Packing Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 95
- Days restricted or transferred
- 64
Before the incident
Employee was grabbing boxes off a cart to bring to her workstation.
What happened
When the employee was taking boxes off of a cart the tape on the boxes came loose and stuck to the floor. When the employee started walking she tripped on the tape and stumbled into the garbage can staged by the opposite worktable.
Injury or illness
Initially diagnosed as a sprained ligament of the left foot after an MRI it was changed to a complete tearing of the Lisfranc
Object or substance involved
Floor and garbage can.
Summary line
Employee was moving between a cart and a worktable and tripped over a loose piece of tape. She stumbled forward and fell into a garbage can causing noticeable bruises under the arm and on the top of her left foot.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Barcoder
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 423920: Toys (including electronic) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 170
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 335,265
- EIN
- 223020916
- Establishment ID
- 1115517
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 14:39
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-05
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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