Amherst, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Niagara Falls Blvd
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Niagara Falls Blvd in 3135 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst, NY 14228 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cheese 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
- Cheese
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
getting a box of parm. reg. out of the cheese cooler
What happened
Employee States: She went to get the box of parm from the bottom shelf the first box was empty. She had to go all the way to the back of the shelf. The box is heavy. She tried to wiggle the box out but it would not move. She tried to get her hand behind the box and push it and it wouldn 't move. It moved halfway and then she was able to pull it all the way out. She opened the box on the floor and took out 4 bags of cheese. She felt the pain as she stood up. When she went home the pain became worse. She has had this injury twice before.
Injury or illness
Strain Sprain Physical Effort
Object or substance involved
the 30lb box of cheese
Summary line
Strain Sprain Physical Effort to Back Lower caused by the 30lb box of cheese
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cheese Customer Service
- SOC code
- 43-4051: Customer Service Representatives
- NAICS code
- 445110: Retail Supermarkets
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 428
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 488,653
- EIN
- 161309424
- Establishment ID
- 1138761
- Employer case #
- IN2025051
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-10
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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