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OSHA Injury Report: Hazleton Distribution Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Hazleton Distribution Center in 600 Oakridge Road, Hazle Township, PA 18202 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was material Handler in warehousing and storage, general merchandise.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hazleton Distribution Center
Parent company
Retail Distribution East LLC.
Street
600 Oakridge Road
City
Hazle Township
State
PA
ZIP
18202
On-site location
Picking Mods BC 3 Putaway

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

The employee was cutting open cases to put them away on a shelf.

What happened

The employee was using a broken safety knife and cut open a case when the blade left the case it struck the employee and cut their left thumb through gloves.

Injury or illness

Laceration of left thumb

Object or substance involved

Broken safety knife.

Summary line

Laceration of left thumb from a safety knife.

Employee and industry

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
493110 — Warehousing and storage, general merchandise
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1051
Total hours worked
1539331
EIN
462224580
Establishment ID
251374
Employer case #
CY24-01749

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24FEB2025:15:55:00

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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.