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 picker 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
- Warehouse Aisle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
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
- Job description
- Picker
- 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 #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- 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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