Hickory, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Merchants Distributors LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Merchants Distributors LLC in Hickory, NC 28601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lift truck operator in general-line groceries merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Merchants Distributors LLC
- Parent company
- Merchants Distributors LLC
- Street
- 5005 Alex Lee Blvd
- City
- Hickory
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28601
- On-site location
- Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Operating a PIT lift truck in the aisle
What happened
Employee stated he was doing a putaway and when he came out from the putaway a pallet in a slot on the other side went inside his compartment and hit his heel.
Injury or illness
Contusion to the left heel
Object or substance involved
Wooden pallet
Summary line
EE was doing a putaway and when he came out from the putaway a pallet in a slot on the other side went inside his compartment and hit his heel.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lift truck operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1700
- Total hours worked
- 4322875
- Establishment ID
- 1008130
- Employer case #
- SO107
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 5:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24FEB26:21:36:00
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.