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OSHA Injury Report: The Scotts Company - Independence

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at The Scotts Company - Independence in 6500 Hanna Road, Independence, OR 97351 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator Forklift Intermediate in growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The Scotts Company - Independence
Parent company
Scotts
Street
6500 Hanna Road
City
Independence
State
OR
ZIP
97351
On-site location
shipping yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

driving a forklift

What happened

[REDACTED] was unloading shuttle to put pallet in rick forklift hit a pothole pallet fell over and injured their tailbone

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Body Parts LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR AREA AND LUMBO SACRAL

Object or substance involved

running over a pothole in a forklift

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Cause of InjuryIllnessMotor Vehicle Body Parts LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR AREA AND LUMBO SACRAL Object Substance running over a pothole in a forklift

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator Forklift Intermediate
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
NAICS code
325314 — Growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
52
Total hours worked
115329
EIN
311254519
Establishment ID
853985
Employer case #
US-INDEPE

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
9:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:14:49:00

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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.