OSHA Injury Report: TX_Lancaster_2820

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

moving boxes while picking

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] a Wayfair associate with a hire date of [REDACTED] working in bulk reported an injury due to overexerting a shoulder while in the picking process. ;;The associate states that while working in aisle 22 and while they were picking in the [REDACTED] area. While picking a location has boxes on top of boxes that they needed. So they moved the boxes over and they experienced a tight strain. They stretched and as they went on to put the boxes back after they grabbed what was needed they felt a very painful pop in their lower shoulder area. To describe the pain it feels like they have something lodged in their left rib cage making it difficult to take a deep breath and their shoulder has a sensation that it needs to pop. Stretching hurts as of now its a tight low mobility pain that burns. The associates states that the pain at the time was a 9 out of 10.

Injury or illness

Strained shoulder lifting box

Object or substance involved

Large boxes

Summary line

Strained shoulder lifting box

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.