Hickory, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Merchants Distributors LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Merchants Distributors LLC in 5005 Alex Lee Blvd, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,700
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 4,322,875
- Establishment ID
- 1008130
- Employer case #
- SO118
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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.
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