Westbury, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Hicks Nurseries, Inc
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hicks Nurseries, Inc in Westbury, NY 11590 resulted in days away from work. Employee was receiving Team Member Level in garden centers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hicks Nurseries, Inc
- Parent company
- Hicks Nurseries
- Street
- 100 Jericho Turnpike
- City
- Westbury
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 11590
- On-site location
- Truck near retail processing center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Employee said he was unloading balled and burlaped trees onto a forklift.
What happened
Employee said one of the large trees was tilting over and he was trying to push it back onto the forklift. He states he was told to lift the tree so he tried lifting the tree at the burlaped bottom the heaviest part.
Injury or illness
Employee said he strained his back.
Object or substance involved
Employee said it was due to lifting a balled and burlaped large tree.
Summary line
Employee said he was helping load a B&B tree onto a forklift and tried to lift it from the ball burlap section and felt something pull in his back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Receiving Team Member Level
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 444220 — Garden centers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 196
- Total hours worked
- 234818
- EIN
- 111883568
- Establishment ID
- 933745
- Employer case #
- 2024-06
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:04
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:16:31:00
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.