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
- 5
Before the incident
Driving a PIT reach truck
What happened
Struck a palle that was sticking out of the racking
Injury or illness
Right arm contusion
Object or substance involved
Wooden pallet
Summary line
Driving a PIT Reach truck and a pallet that was sticking out hit his lift and his arm.
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 #
- SO118
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:15:02:00
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.