OSHA Injury Report: Germantown

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was attempting to scan items in the bottom of the cart; the barcodes were facing away from her so she attempted to turn the product so she could scan the items.

What happened

A customer had three or four different 12-packs of sparkling water on the bottom of their cart. The waters didn 't have the barcodes visible for me to scan. I leaned down and attempted to scan the waters. As I scanned the last one and flipped it back over I noticed a pop in my right shoulder. The pain started directly under my armpit and radiated to the center of my chest. I didn 't think anything of it right away. As time went on I noticed the pain getting worse and starting to radiate to the center of my back. That is when I notified the Management team members working.

Injury or illness

Strain Sprain Physical Effort

Object or substance involved

Scanning sparkling water on bottom of the cart; the turning of the cases caused the injury

Summary line

Strain Sprain Physical Effort to Right Shoulder caused by Scanning sparkling water on bottom of the cart; the turning of the cases caused the injury

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.