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OSHA Injury Report: SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza in 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521 resulted in days away from work. Employee was torch 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
Yard 4 - Torch cutting area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
13
Days restricted or transferred
42

Before the incident

Standing on top of a piece he had just cut observing where to cut next with his torch.

What happened

EE stepped on a piece of scrap that was previously cut by him and his weight caused the certain area he was standing on to give way thus causing him to fall down in a standing position

Injury or illness

Dislocation of right ankle

Object or substance involved

NA

Summary line

Ankle injury from falling about 1ft while cutting a piece of scrap. Diagnosis: Weber Fracture of right ankle

Employee and industry

Job description
Torch Cutter
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
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 #
13

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:15:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:17:39:00

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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.