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OSHA Injury Report: Hicks Nurseries, Inc

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hicks Nurseries, Inc in Westbury, NY 11590 resulted in days away from work. Employee was delivery Person in garden centers.

Establishment
Hicks Nurseries, Inc
Parent company
Hicks Nurseries
Street
100 Jericho Turnpike
City
Westbury
State
NY
ZIP
11590
On-site location
Commercial Sales Nursery Yard
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

The employee said he was digging holes for arborvitaes in the commercial sales nursery yard

The employee said that while he was digging he felt a pinch in his back. Later that day he said he went home and bent down to pet his dogs and could not get back up due to pain.

Strained back

Digging holes in the nursery yard with a shovel.

Strained back from digging holes for trees.

Job description
Delivery Person
SOC code
53-3033 — Light Truck Drivers
NAICS code
444220 — Garden centers
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
199
Total hours worked
300598
EIN
111883568
Establishment ID
933745
Employer case #
2023-11
Date of incident
Shift started
6:57:00.000
Submitted
10JAN24:15:26:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.