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OSHA Injury Report: Reading Distribution Center

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Reading Distribution Center in 243 Snyder Road, Reading, PA 19605 resulted in days away from work. Employee was merchandiser in soft drinks merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Reading Distribution Center
Parent company
ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages
Street
243 Snyder Road
City
Reading
State
PA
ZIP
19605
On-site location
Redner 's Market customer location

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
17

Before the incident

Merchandising customer location

What happened

Worker jerked the manual pallet jack to get it to start to move and felt pain in their lower back.

Injury or illness

Low back strain.

Object or substance involved

Pallet jack.

Summary line

Low back strain from maneuvering a manual pallet [REDACTED].

Employee and industry

Job description
Merchandiser
SOC code
41-4010 — Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
NAICS code
424490 — Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
144
Total hours worked
299452
Establishment ID
986878
Employer case #
10

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
17:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
16FEB24:17:34:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.