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OSHA Injury Report: Ecology Auto Parts

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Ecology Auto Parts in 14150 Vine Place, Cerritos, CA 90703 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in trash hauling, local.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ecology Auto Parts
Parent company
Ecology Auto Parts
Street
14150 Vine Place
City
Cerritos
State
CA
ZIP
90703
On-site location
Transfer Station

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2
Days restricted or transferred
178

Before the incident

Closing trailer tarp

What happened

Employee was closing his trailer tarp at a transfer station. In order to fully close it he climbed the trailer ladder to push up a tarp pole that was stuck on an object this was preventing the tarp from securely closing. As he was pushing tarp pole over the object he slipped and fell and his arm and neck were wrapped by the airlines and felt a pop in his left arm.

Injury or illness

Sprains Strains - Left Shoulder

Object or substance involved

tractor trailer airlines

Summary line

Left shoulder and arm contusion from slip after pushing tarp pole due to it being stuck in order to close tarp.

Employee and industry

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Trash hauling, local
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
650
Total hours worked
1238955
Establishment ID
371657
Employer case #
17

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
13:30:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:01:33:00

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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.