Reading, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Reading Distribution Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Reading Distribution Center in 243 Snyder Road, Reading, PA 19605 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was merchandiser hourly in soft drinks merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Reading Distribution Center
- Parent company
- ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages
- Street
- 243 Snyder Road
- City
- Reading
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19605
- On-site location
- Walmart
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
Bending over tying shoes.
What happened
EE REPORTED BENDING OVER AT HIS VEHICLE TO TIE SHOES AND WHILE BENDING FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Injury or illness
Acute Lumbar Radiculopathy Muscle weakness of lower extremity
Object or substance involved
Ergonomic bending over
Summary line
Back injury when bending over to tie shoe
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MERCHANDISER HOURLY
- SOC code
- 13-1022: Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
- NAICS code
- 424490: Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 151
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 299,883
- Establishment ID
- 986878
- Employer case #
- 714110536
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:47
- Time of incident
- 08:32
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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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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