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OSHA Injury Report: EVCO Wholesale Food Corp

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at EVCO Wholesale Food Corp in 309 Merchant St, Emporia, KS 66801 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was night Warehouse in general-line groceries merchant wholesalers.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
EVCO Wholesale Food Corp
Parent company
EVCO Wholesale Food Corp
Street
309 Merchant St
City
Emporia
State
KS
ZIP
66801
On-site location
309 Merchant St, Emporia, KS 66801

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

He was bending over and wrapping pallets.

What happened

As the employee was bending over and wrapping pallets he felt a sharp pain in his lower back that went down to his left leg. He did not report the injury for over a month and he was already terminated from the company.

Injury or illness

The hospital report says degenerative changes from over time in discs along the lower lumbar spine.

Object or substance involved

Bending motion from wrapping pallets.

Summary line

The employee had a sharp pain in his lower back while wrapping pallets.

Employee and industry

Job description
Night Warehouse
SOC code
53-7065 — Stockers and Order Fillers
NAICS code
424410 — General-line groceries merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
127
Total hours worked
264160
EIN
480209630
Establishment ID
1258175
Employer case #
14

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
14JAN2025:18:00:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.