Whitestown, IN — 2024-02-26

OSHA Injury Report: GNC Distribution Center - Whitestown Facility

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On 2024-02-26, an injury at GNC Distribution Center - Whitestown Facility in Whitestown, IN 46075 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handler in general warehousing and storage.

Where did this happen?

Establishment: GNC Distribution Center - Whitestown Facility
Parent company: GNC Holdings LLC
Street: 5215 Albert S White Dr
City: Whitestown
State: IN
ZIP: 46075
On-site location: Reserve racks zone RC

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type: Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred: 9

Before the incident

The associate was utilizing a order picker to pick cases from the reserve locations.

What happened

The associate lift the safety gate up so they can have more room to reach the cases they needed to pick. While reaching for the cases the safety gate feel down on there foot which caused pain to the associate.

Injury or illness

Right foot sore with swelling.

Object or substance involved

Safety gate on the Order Picker.

Summary line

Associate claims while picking cases from location RC41-001-06 they opened the safety gate so they could reach the cases in the location. After reaching out to grab the cases the safety gate feel on there foot.

Employee and industry

Job description: Material Handler
SOC code: 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code: 493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage: 2022
Avg employees: 180
Total hours worked: 198720
EIN: 853101739
Establishment ID: 1247764
Employer case #: 1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2024-02-26
Shift started: 6:00
Time of incident: 11:15
Filing year: 2024
Submitted: 29JAN2025:22:26:00

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.