La Crosse, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Gillette Pepsi Companies - La Crosse
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Gillette Pepsi Companies - La Crosse in La Crosse, WI 54601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was vending Technician in soft drinks merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Gillette Pepsi Companies - La Crosse
- Parent company
- Gillette Pepsi Companies
- Street
- 1900 West Avenue South
- City
- La Crosse
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54601
- On-site location
- Customer Account - Badger
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 46
- Days restricted or transferred
- 80
Before the incident
The employee climbed onto the hitch of the pickup truck then onto the tailgate.
What happened
The employee climbed onto the hitch of the pickup truck then onto the tailgate. The tailgate was not latched and it opened from underneath him. The employee fell about 4 feet to the ground landing on his back left shoulder and head. This was an unsafe act by the employee. The correct way to get into the truck is to open up the tailgate lower it get on it and ride it up. The employee did not follow this process.
Injury or illness
Left shoulder strain.
Object or substance involved
Parking lot floor.
Summary line
Left shoulder strain from a fall to the ground.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Vending Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9091 — Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 424490 — Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 151
- Total hours worked
- 240056
- Establishment ID
- 1071629
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 15JAN2025:17:14:00
Source
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.