Cheektowaga, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Empire Merchants North Buffalo
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Empire Merchants North Buffalo in Cheektowaga, NY 14225 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mERCHANDISER NONEXEMPT in wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Empire Merchants North Buffalo
- Parent company
- Empire Merchants North
- Street
- Concourse Center Suite 400
- City
- Cheektowaga
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14225
- On-site location
- Buffalo Warehouse outside sample cage
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Placing cases of product in the Sample cage.
What happened
While taking cases of product off a pallet and placing them on the floor he felt a twinge in the middle of his lower back.
Injury or illness
Pain to middle lower back.
Object or substance involved
Cases of product.
Summary line
While taking cases of product off a pallet and placing them on the floor he felt a twinge in the middle of his lower back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MERCHANDISER NONEXEMPT
- SOC code
- 41-4010 — Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- NAICS code
- 424820 — Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 76
- Total hours worked
- 151956
- EIN
- 208448427
- Establishment ID
- 1355586
- Employer case #
- BUFF00003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:21:48:00
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.