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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 utility 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
6
Days restricted or transferred
14

Driving an electric pallet jack

While operating the jack along the dock the equipment suddenly stopped causing [REDACTED] to be thrown to the floor.

Contusion of her left lower leg

The side of the PIT

While operating the jack along the dock the equipment suddenly stopped causing [REDACTED] to be thrown to the floor injuring her left lower leg

Job description
Utility
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1700
Total hours worked
4322875
Establishment ID
1008130
Employer case #
SO114
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00
Time of incident
23:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:14:44:00

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.