OSHA Injury Report: Helly Hansen Distribution Center, Sumner WA

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was preparing to start the inspection process on a pallet that contained 25 cartons (5 layers 5 high) of apparel. They used a box knife to cut the shrink wrap that was wrapped around the cartons on the pallet. They placed the box knife on their workstation and started to remove the wrap from the pallet.

What happened

As the employee was removing the shrink wrap the wrap got stuck on the bottom carton. The employee bent down to remove the wrap from where it was stuck and didn 't see that the 4 cartons on top of this carton became unstable and started to fall. The cartons fell on her and knocked her to the concrete floor. The employee stated that her back neck arm knees legs

Injury or illness

neck sprain stuck by box and knocked to floor

Object or substance involved

Heavy cartons of apparel stacked on top of each other caused a decrease in the structural integrity of the bottom carton which caused the cartons to lean when the shrink wrap was cut and fall on the employee.

Summary line

Sprain Neck soft tissue

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.