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OSHA Injury Report: Chestnut Hill

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Chestnut Hill in 200 Boylston Street, Newton, MA 2467 resulted in days away from work. Employee was overnight Grocery Customer Service in retail Supermarkets.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Chestnut Hill
Parent company
Wegmans Food Markets Inc
Street
200 Boylston Street
City
Newton
State
MA
ZIP
2467
On-site location
Grocery

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
21
Days restricted or transferred
159

Before the incident

He was using the yellow ladder to put a banana box full of hollandaise sauce on the top shelf in aisle 6. He had the box on the ladder and was lifting it to put it on the top shelf. The box was heavy and when he lifted it he felt his back twinge.

What happened

Employee States: Employee went to pick a box up on backstock. He went up the ladder the box was very heavy and then he felt a sharp pain in his back as he was trying to lower it off the ladder.

Injury or illness

Strain Sprain Physical Effort

Object or substance involved

Banana box full of hollandaise sauce

Summary line

Strain Sprain Physical Effort to Back Lower Back Middle Back Upper caused by Banana box full of hollandaise sauce

Employee and industry

Job description
Overnight Grocery Customer Service
SOC code
43-4051 — Customer Service Representatives
NAICS code
445110 — Retail Supermarkets
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
497
Total hours worked
653242
EIN
161309424
Establishment ID
1138699
Employer case #
IN2025031

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:00
Time of incident
2:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
10FEB26:13:03:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.