OSHA Injury Report: BMI Merchandise

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Picking an order.

What happened

While picking the employee was pulling a pallet with a pallet jack when he realized he passed the bin he needed. He stopped pulling the jack and instead stopped and pushed the handle up to stop the pallet from moving forward. The employee felt a sharp pain in his right wrist but continued to work. He advised he had not planned on reporting it and stated he would have just gone to get it checked out later but as he continued working the pain was getting worse. He requested he get the wrist checked out.

Injury or illness

Sprain of right wrist.

Object or substance involved

Pallet jack.

Summary line

Employee was pulling a pallet and realized he walked past where he needed to be. He then forced the pallet to stop by pushing the handle of the pallet jack up and pushing with their hand. He then felt a sharp pain in his right wrist.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.