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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 production Ground Cutter 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
Torch cutting area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
67

Before the incident

EE had just finished cutting a piece of scrap and had used his torch as a hook to move a section of material.

What happened

The EE was attempting to dislodge and separate the pieces and after his torch got stuck he decided to do it by hand and that is when the two pieces he was trying to separate shifted and fell on his finger causing it to be lacerated.

Injury or illness

Laceration of left index finger & Fracture of distal tip. Received 8 Stitches

Object or substance involved

A piece of scrap

Summary line

Employee went to pick up material with his hand he was wearing torch gloves when he smashed his finger bewtween the material and the metal. Diagnosis: Laceration of left index finger & Fracture of distal tip. Received 8 Stitches

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Ground Cutter
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 #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:40:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:17:02:00

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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.