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OSHA Injury Report: Wastequip Erial

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Wastequip Erial in 1031 Hickstown Rd., Erial, NJ 08081 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fabricator in containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wastequip Erial
Parent company
Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC
Street
1031 Hickstown Rd.
City
Erial
State
NJ
ZIP
08081
On-site location
Roll Off and Specials

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
27

Before the incident

EE was using the small drill press

What happened

EE went to apply the lubricant with the brush in left hand the brush got caught on the shavings spinning from the bit tried pulled back with left hand reach around with right hand and glove got caught and pulled EE hand. This twisted EE thumb into the bit; suffered a contusion and laceration noti

Injury or illness

This twisted EE thumb into the bit; suffered a contusion and laceration

Object or substance involved

handheld drill

Summary line

Hand Wrist superficial abrasion contusion thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
Fabricator
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
332439 — Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
123
Total hours worked
245952
EIN
223191624
Establishment ID
50638
Employer case #
FY23-45

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
0:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:15:00:00

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Source

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