Independence, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: The Scotts Company - Independence
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at The Scotts Company - Independence in 6500 Hanna Road, Independence, OR 97351 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator Forklift Intermediate in growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- The Scotts Company - Independence
- Parent company
- Scotts
- Street
- 6500 Hanna Road
- City
- Independence
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97351
- On-site location
- shipping yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
driving a forklift
What happened
[REDACTED] was unloading shuttle to put pallet in rick forklift hit a pothole pallet fell over and injured their tailbone
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Body Parts LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR AREA AND LUMBO SACRAL
Object or substance involved
running over a pothole in a forklift
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Cause of InjuryIllnessMotor Vehicle Body Parts LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR AREA AND LUMBO SACRAL Object Substance running over a pothole in a forklift
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator Forklift Intermediate
- SOC code
- 53-7051: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 325314: Growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 52
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 115,329
- EIN
- 311254519
- Establishment ID
- 853985
- Employer case #
- US-INDEPE
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 09:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-18
More injuries at The Scotts Company - Independence
View The Scotts Company - Independence's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 325314)
More injuries in OR
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.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.