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OSHA Injury Report: SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza in 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ground Cutter in ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
Parent company
SA Recycling, LLC
Street
16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd
City
Brownsville
State
TX
ZIP
78521
On-site location
Yard 8

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
61

Before the incident

The employee was standing on a piece of scrap and cutting it using a [REDACTED] style torch

What happened

Employee was on top of a piece of steel using a bazooka torch to cut the metal in half when the metal splt and his left foot got caught between the metal pieces.

Injury or illness

Injury of left lower extremity from getting it stuck between metals while cutting with Bazooka Torch. Diagnosis: left lower extremity contusion left lower extremity 1st degree burns & left lower extremity abrasion

Object or substance involved

metal material

Summary line

Injury of left lower extremity from getting it stuck between metals while cutting with [REDACTED]. Diagnosis: left lower extremity contusion left lower extremity 1st degree burns & left lower extremity abrasion

Employee and industry

Job description
Ground Cutter
SOC code
51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
423930 — Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
146
Total hours worked
329420
EIN
743222369
Establishment ID
1080723
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:22:15:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.