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OSHA Injury Report: Powell's Books -- Burnside

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Powell's Books -- Burnside in Portland, OR 97209 resulted in days away from work. Employee was inventory Lead in book stores.

Establishment
Powell's Books -- Burnside
Parent company
Powell's Book Store Inc
Street
1005 W Burnside St
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97209
On-site location
Elevator A
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6

Pushing rolling carts into elevator

Pushing rolling carts into elevator twisted body and felt sharp pain and spasm in lower back. Could not bend or sit comfortably after.

Back strain

No object or substance. Employee 's movements caused injury.

Pain in lower back

Job description
Inventory Lead
SOC code
53-7065 — Stockers and Order Fillers
NAICS code
451211 — Book stores
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
158
Total hours worked
240557
EIN
930794762
Establishment ID
140557
Employer case #
BU05
Date of incident
Shift started
6:50:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:22:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.