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OSHA Injury Report: Affordable Cartage LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Affordable Cartage LLC in 41 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ 7013 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in garbage collection services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Affordable Cartage LLC
Parent company
Affordable Cartage LLC
Street
41 Broad Street
City
Clifton
State
NJ
ZIP
7013
On-site location
Mechanic Shop

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was using break cleaner.

What happened

Employee was using brake cleaner and the chemical got on his left wrist. He used a torch to cut a metal chassis when the vapor from the brake cleaner ignited.

Injury or illness

Second degree burn to left wrist.

Object or substance involved

Brake cleaner

Summary line

Employee was using brake cleaner which got onto his left wrist. Later on he used a torch to cut a metal chassis and the vapor from the brake cleaner around his left wrist ignited causing second degree burn.

Employee and industry

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
107
Total hours worked
196420
EIN
352575302
Establishment ID
1263390
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:15:49:00

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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.