OSHA Injury Report: Coke Northeast - Buffalo

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Moving product in back cooler

What happened

ee merchandiser was in the cold vault cooler at [REDACTED] moving product around to access shelving. He shifted dairy crates to make a path to start moving Coca-Cola product into the cooler. The crates were full and were roughly 5 feet in height. He used a twisting push pull motion to attempt to move them out of the way. In doing that motion [REDACTED] felt a shooting pain discomfort in him lower right abdomen above his hip (appendix). He proceeded to finish the stop but he didn 't feel right throughout the rest of the stop. After he completed he called his supervisor [REDACTED] but was unable to get a hold of him right away. He then proceeded to call [REDACTED] who did answer and directed him to Wellnow.

Injury or illness

Abdomen Strain

Object or substance involved

Dairy Milk Crates in cold vault

Summary line

ee merchandiser was in the cold vault cooler at [REDACTED] moving product around to access shelving. He shifted dairy crates to make a path to start moving Coca-Cola product into the cooler.

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.