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OSHA Injury Report: SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza in 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer in ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
Parent company
SA Recycling, LLC
Street
16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd
City
Brownsville
State
TX
ZIP
78521
On-site location
Shredder

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

Preparing to replace the old chain with a new chain.

What happened

As the employee was changing the old chain the weight of the new chain caught his finger and pinched it between the sprocket gear.

Injury or illness

eft hand 4th digit laceration

Object or substance involved

Metal Chain.

Summary line

Employee was replacing a chain on the drum magnet above the vibrating table and the shredder when his left ring finger got caught in between chain links. Diagnosis: left hand 4th digit laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
423930 — Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
499538
EIN
743222369
Establishment ID
1080723
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:16:58:00

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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.