She lifted a box, hurt her back, and got light duty. Then it quietly disappeared
A former Tractor Supply Company warehouse worker says the retailer pushed her out instead of accommodating her back injury - and that HR was the one making the calls.
Barbara Collins filed suit on May 5, 2026 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, accusing Tractor Supply of disability discrimination and failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She is seeking $300,000 on each of two counts, plus back pay and reinstatement.
According to the complaint, Collins started as a Material Handler at the company's distribution center in Macon, Georgia, in or around July 2024. The filing says her performance was strong enough that Tractor Supply tapped her for its "Supervisor in Training" program in early 2025.
On March 6, 2025, the complaint alleges, Collins lifted a box on her shift and felt her back "go out." She told a supervisor what happened. That supervisor, identified in the complaint only as Brian, was covering for one of her regular supervisors that day. According to the filing, Brian responded "do what you can do" and sent her back to the floor. Collins says she worked through the rest of that shift, and the next day, in visible pain.
A worker's compensation claim eventually went through. Doctors diagnosed sciatica, cervical radiculopathy and a herniated disc, the complaint says, and put Collins on restrictions: no overhead work,...
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