OSHA Injury Report: Dekalb DKC Bldg 5

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] EE was picking three cartons around [REDACTED] near the [REDACTED] print station in location [REDACTED]. EE stated that they felt pain in their hands traveling up their forearms due to grabbing boxes. EE states they began feeling this pain starting [REDACTED] stated that they have been feeling numbness and sharp pain since the second or third week they started at [REDACTED]. EE states that they were initially white knuckling the tugger bar when they first started working and claw gripping cartons with one hand causing the pain.

What happened

On [REDACTED] EE was picking three cartons around [REDACTED] near the [REDACTED] print station in location [REDACTED]. EE stated that they felt pain in their hands traveling up their forearms due to grabbing boxes. EE states they began feeling this pain starting [REDACTED] stated that they have been feeling numbness and sharp pain since the second or third week they started at [REDACTED]. EE states that they were initially white knuckling the tugger bar when they first started working and claw gripping cartons with one hand causing the pain.

Injury or illness

Muscle spasm; Sprain strain to - Hand{s}

Object or substance involved

Poor Ergonomics

Summary line

Muscle spasm; Sprain strain to Hand{s} from Poor Ergonomics

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.