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OSHA Injury Report: Emerald Transformer (California)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Emerald Transformer (California) in 5756 Alba Street, Los Angeles, CA 90058 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in hazardous waste material treatment facilities.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Emerald Transformer (California)
Parent company
Emerald Transformer
Street
5756 Alba Street
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
ZIP
90058
On-site location
Plasma Cutting Area

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

He was cutting tops out of pad mount transformers

What happened

He shut cutter off and placed it under his arm and chest while swapping out transformers and the safety was not on and the cutter started and he recieved a minor burn to the chest area.

Injury or illness

burn to chest area

Object or substance involved

Plasma cutter burned chest

Summary line

He rested the handle of the plama cutter under his arm without the safety on as he was swapping units out to cut the tops out. While doing so the tip started and he recieved a minor burn to chest area.

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste material treatment facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
48
Total hours worked
222489
Establishment ID
1090759
Employer case #
25577348

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29JAN24:20:39:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.