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Downingtown, PA —

OSHA Injury Report: Downingtown

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Downingtown in 1056 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335 resulted in days away from work. Employee was produce Customer Service in retail Supermarkets.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Downingtown
Parent company
Wegmans Food Markets Inc
Street
1056 East Lancaster Avenue
City
Downingtown
State
PA
ZIP
19335
On-site location
Produce

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Putting seedless watermelon in a cart to have the fresh cut market cut.

What happened

Employee States: Employee stated there was a large bin of watermelons. They were moving the watermelons to the sink. As she was moving the last few watermelons to the sink she had to bend over the box. She strained her back when she was reaching in to get the last few out.

Injury or illness

Strain Sprain Physical Effort

Object or substance involved

Seedless watermelon

Summary line

Strain Sprain Physical Effort to Back Lower caused by Seedless watermelon

Employee and industry

Job description
Produce Customer Service
SOC code
43-4051 — Customer Service Representatives
NAICS code
445110 — Retail Supermarkets
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
488
Total hours worked
557569
EIN
161309424
Establishment ID
1138710
Employer case #
IN2025071

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
12:00
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.