Amherst, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Niagara Falls Blvd
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Niagara Falls Blvd in 3135 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst, NY 14228 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was customer Service in retail Supermarkets.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Niagara Falls Blvd
- Parent company
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc
- Street
- 3135 Niagara Falls Blvd
- City
- Amherst
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14228
- On-site location
- Front End
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee states they were placing bagged items in a shopping cart after cashing a customer out at register.
What happened
Employee was cashing on register #9 around [REDACTED]. She was transferring a relatively heavy Wegmans shopping bag (that had canned goods within) from the loading platform (in front of the register) to the bottom of a small cart. She was bent over due to the action she was taking. In the process of shifting the bag over (in the bent over position) she felt something pull in her lower back.
Injury or illness
Strain Sprain Physical Effort
Object or substance involved
Heavy bag of groceries.
Summary line
Strain Sprain Physical Effort to Back Lower caused by Heavy bag of groceries.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Customer Service
- SOC code
- 43-4051: Customer Service Representatives
- NAICS code
- 445110: Retail Supermarkets
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 436
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 479,299
- EIN
- 161309424
- Establishment ID
- 1138761
- Employer case #
- IN 2024121
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 16:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-24
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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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