OSHA Injury Report: California Waste Services, LLC - Gardena - 621 West 152nd St Gardena, CA 90247

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee was opening the back gate to dump a metal load. Normally once the chains are removed and the lever is opened the material pushes the door open on its own. This time the material didnt push the door open so the employee pushed it manually.

What happened

As the employee manually pushed the door open and soon as the door cracked open a metal rod or pole fell out and struck the top of his right forearm.

Injury or illness

Contusion of right forearm and laceration without foreign body of right forearm.

Object or substance involved

Metal rod

Summary line

The employee opened the back gate of a highside trailer and a metal rod fell and struck his top right forearm.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.