TACOMA, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: WATOM - PORT OF TACOMA HUB
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at WATOM - PORT OF TACOMA HUB in 5101 12TH STREET EAST, TACOMA, WA 98424 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was preloader in couriers and Express Delivery Services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WATOM - PORT OF TACOMA HUB
- Parent company
- UPS
- Street
- 5101 12TH STREET EAST
- City
- TACOMA
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98424
- On-site location
- Load Package Car
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 46
Before the incident
The employee bent down to pick up an over 70lbs irreg off the irreg belt The package was not marked with overweight tape
What happened
The employee bent down to pick up an over 70lbs irreg off the irreg belt The package was not marked with overweight tape This caused the employee to lift a package heavier than he expected This caused a strain in his lower back
Injury or illness
Soft Tissue Injury
Object or substance involved
The object was an over 70 irregular package
Summary line
The employee bent down to pick up an over 70lbs irreg off the irreg belt The package was not marked with overweight tape This caused the employee to lift a package heavier than he expected This caused a strain in his lower back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Preloader
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 492110: Couriers and Express Delivery Services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,302
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,655,942
- EIN
- 582480149
- Establishment ID
- 1105416
- Employer case #
- WC608P139
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 02:30
- Time of incident
- 05:47
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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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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