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

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at California Waste Services, LLC - Gardena - 621 West 152nd St Gardena, CA 90247 in 621 West 152nd Street, Gardena, CA 90247 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sorter in waste materials merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
California Waste Services, LLC - Gardena - 621 West 152nd St Gardena, CA 90247
Parent company
California Waste Services, LLC
Street
621 West 152nd Street
City
Gardena
State
CA
ZIP
90247
On-site location
C&D Production Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

The employee was on the C&D production line near the end of the conveyor metal line separating metal into the metal chute and a piece of wire was stuck on the metal.

What happened

The employee while trying to pull the metal wire the tension caused the wire to snap and caused his hand to hit the metal frame of the conveyor belt.

Injury or illness

Contusion to left thumb without damage to nail

Object or substance involved

Metal wire

Summary line

The employee was pulling a metal wire the tension that was built up from pulling caused the wire to snap and caused the employees hit his left hand against the frame of the conveyor belt.

Employee and industry

Job description
Sorter
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
423930 — Waste materials merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
172
Total hours worked
384066
Establishment ID
1504767
Employer case #
16

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
9:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:22:24:00

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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.