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OSHA Injury Report: N.K.S. Distributors

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at N.K.S. Distributors in 205 Big Woods Rd, Smyrna, DE 19977 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was night Lead Supervisor in beer merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
N.K.S. Distributors
Parent company
N.K.S. Distributors
Street
205 Big Woods Rd
City
Smyrna
State
DE
ZIP
19977
On-site location
205 Big Woods Rd Smyrna DE 19977

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
30

Before the incident

While standing on an elevated pallet [REDACTED] attempted to move a keg from the pallet to a truck bay.

What happened

While he was off the ground on the pallet he attempted to break the plastic the pallet of kegs were wrapped in. The wooden pallet broke when the weight of the keg shifted. [REDACTED] dropped to the floor and one of the kegs fell on his right big toe.

Injury or illness

Damage to right great toe and toenail. Open Comminuted fracture of the distal phalanx of right great toe.

Object or substance involved

Half barrel keg

Summary line

Standing on pallet while moving keg to truck bay pallet broke and keg full on right toe and broke it

Employee and industry

Job description
Night Lead Supervisor
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
424810 — Beer merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
143
Total hours worked
270686
EIN
510062962
Establishment ID
1200187
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:15:17:00

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Source

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