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OSHA Injury Report: Hickory Chair

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hickory Chair in Hickory, NC 28602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was local Truck Driver in chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hickory Chair
Parent company
RHF INVESTMENTS, INC.
Street
37 9th Street Place SE
City
Hickory
State
NC
ZIP
28602
On-site location
Shipping/Loading Dock
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
14

Employee was lifting a sofa onto a set of hand trucks.

Employee was lifting a sofa onto a set of hand trucks. He stated I felt my back tense up. After going to lunch and sitting in his SUV when he stepped down out of his vehicle he stated that he was in immense pain from that point on.

lower back strain

sofa

lower back - Harmed by sofa

Job description
Local Truck Driver
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
337121 — Chair and couch springs, assembled, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
387
Total hours worked
696968
EIN
462232330
Establishment ID
836303
Employer case #
124
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
06JAN2025:20:06:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.