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OSHA Injury Report: Merchants Distributors LLC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Merchants Distributors LLC in Hickory, NC 28601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lift truck operator in general-line groceries merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Merchants Distributors LLC
Parent company
Merchants Distributors LLC
Street
5005 Alex Lee Blvd
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28601
On-site location
Warehouse
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Using a PIT reach truck

Repetitive motion from looking up caused pain in the patient 's neck

Soreness in the back of the neck. EE denies any traumatic injury

Repetitive motion

EE was experiencing neck pain from repetitive motion

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 #
SO112
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
15:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:14:36:00

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.