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Akron, OH —

OSHA Injury Report: AKR

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at AKR in 861 East Tallmadge Avenue, Akron, OH 44310 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shipping Associate in signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
AKR
Parent company
Grimco
Street
861 East Tallmadge Avenue
City
Akron
State
OH
ZIP
44310
On-site location
Shipping dock inside of a trailer being loaded

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
66

Before the incident

COUNTING SKIDS INSIDE THE TRAILER

What happened

EE STATES COUNTING SKIDS INSIDE TRAILER. EE NEEDED TO STAND ON TOP OF SHEET SKIDS AND WHEN EE WENT TO STEP DOWN EE FELL THROUGH CARDBOARD WITH NO WOOD UNDER IT. EE TRIED TO CATCH SELF BY EXTNEDING RIGHT ARM AND FELL A FEW FEET.

Injury or illness

STRAINED SHOULDER THORAX

Object or substance involved

TRAILER FLOOR

Summary line

Strained shoulder from slip trip fall

Employee and industry

Job description
Shipping Associate
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
423990 — Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
37
Total hours worked
74177
Establishment ID
1082266
Employer case #
102421

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
24JAN24:16:29:00

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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.