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OSHA Injury Report: Zero Waste Energy Development Company (ZWEDC)

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Zero Waste Energy Development Company (ZWEDC) in 685 Los Esteros Rd, San Jose, CA 95134 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laborer in nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except combustors, incinerators, landfills, sewer systems, sewage treatment facilities).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Zero Waste Energy Development Company (ZWEDC)
Parent company
Zero Waste Energy Development Company, LLC
Street
685 Los Esteros Rd
City
San Jose
State
CA
ZIP
95134
On-site location
Equipment Storage Area

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

The employee was looking for tools.

What happened

The employee was looking for a tool in the tool shed and when reaching around for one employee made contact with an open box cutter that was not properly stored away.

Injury or illness

Laceration of left index finger.

Object or substance involved

Hand tool box cutter.

Summary line

On [REDACTED] the employee going to put a hose on an air compressor they needed a bit for the drill to put it on. They put their hand in a bin looking for the part and was cut by a loose razor blade that was not stored properly. The employee sustained a

Employee and industry

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562219 — Nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except combustors, incinerators, landfills, sewer systems, sewage treatment facilities)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
27
Total hours worked
65776
EIN
264330500
Establishment ID
454315
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
3:55:00.000
Time of incident
4:30:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:00:30:00

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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.