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 selector 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
Selecting groceries
What happened
Cases fell from the racking onto the EE
Injury or illness
Lower back contusion
Object or substance involved
Cardboard box of product
Summary line
EE was struck by falling cases of product
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Selector
- SOC code
- 53-7065 — Stockers and Order Fillers
- NAICS code
- 424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1700
- Total hours worked
- 4322875
- Establishment ID
- 1008130
- Employer case #
- SO125
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 16:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:15:35:00
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.