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OSHA Injury Report: Central Landfill

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Central Landfill in 1201 49th State Street, Palmer, AK 99654 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rEFUSE DRIVERHEAVY EQUIP OPERATOR in landfills.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Central Landfill
Parent company
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Street
1201 49th State Street
City
Palmer
State
AK
ZIP
99654
On-site location
Scrap Metal Pile

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
22
Days restricted or transferred
34

Before the incident

Manually lifting

What happened

Employee was lifting pallet shelving cross members from the ground and over scrap metal and placing cross members on to forks of frontend loader while twisting his upper body.

Injury or illness

Strain to Groin

Object or substance involved

pallet shelving cross members

Summary line

Strain to Groin caused by lifting pallet shelving cross members

Employee and industry

Job description
REFUSE DRIVERHEAVY EQUIP OPERATOR
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
562212 — Landfills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
54916
Establishment ID
1470894
Employer case #
N-2025110

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12FEB26:23:51:00

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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.