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OSHA Injury Report: Powell's Books -- Burnside

Poisoning · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , a poisoning at Powell's Books -- Burnside in 1005 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was generalist in book stores.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Powell's Books -- Burnside
Parent company
Powell's Book Store Inc
Street
1005 W Burnside St
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97209
On-site location
Garage dock

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Poisoning (code 4)
Days restricted or transferred
74

Before the incident

lifting a box full of books to dump

What happened

Was lifting a box full of books up into a larger box above waist height to dump the books into felt the box slip and tried to catch the falling box straining left appendage

Injury or illness

left shoulder strain neck pain

Object or substance involved

Box of books

Summary line

left shoulder strain while lifting box above waist height to dump and the box slipped tried to catch the falling box

Employee and industry

Job description
Generalist
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
451211 — Book stores
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
162
Total hours worked
234516
EIN
930794762
Establishment ID
140557
Employer case #
BU002

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:01
Time of incident
15:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
06FEB2025:18:10:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.