Reading, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Reading Distribution Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Reading Distribution Center in 243 Snyder Road, Reading, PA 19605 resulted in days away from work. Employee was merchandiser in soft drinks merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Reading Distribution Center
- Parent company
- ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages
- Street
- 243 Snyder Road
- City
- Reading
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19605
- On-site location
- Customer location
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 11
- Days restricted or transferred
- 29
Before the incident
Building a display of soda in customer location.
What happened
While lifting cases of 24 pack soda to build a display employee hurt back lifting.
Injury or illness
Strained back
Object or substance involved
Lifting soda
Summary line
Herniated lumbosacral region and back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MERCHANDISER
- SOC code
- 41-4010: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- NAICS code
- 424490: Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 154
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 289,821
- Establishment ID
- 986878
- Employer case #
- 0007141081
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-07
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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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