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OSHA Injury Report: Wilkes Barre

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Wilkes Barre in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was customer Service in retail Supermarkets.

Establishment
Wilkes Barre
Parent company
Wegmans Food Markets Inc
Street
220 Highland Park Blvd
City
Wilkes-Barre
State
PA
ZIP
18702
On-site location
Front End
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
127

DEVELOPED BAIN IN HER LOW BACK AND CHEST PLACING GROCERIES INTO CARTS

Employee States After the fourth customer of the day I started to feel a sharp pain start at my shoulders and shoot down to my lower back after placing their groceries in their cart The repetition of picking up people s groceries after that customer made the pain continue I then spoke to [REDACTED] to tell her that my chest felt off

Repetitive Motion

LIFTING GROCERIES

Repetitive Motion to Back Lower Chest caused by LIFTING GROCERIES

Job description
Customer Service
SOC code
43-4051 — Customer Service Representatives
NAICS code
445110 — Retail Supermarkets
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
470
Total hours worked
491699
EIN
161309424
Establishment ID
1138792
Employer case #
EV20233463
Date of incident
Submitted
28FEB24:00:39:00

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.