ROCKAWAY, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Rockaway Recycling
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Rockaway Recycling in ROCKAWAY, NJ 07866 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rockaway Recycling
- Parent company
- Rockaway Recycling
- Street
- 311 W MAIN ST.
- City
- ROCKAWAY
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07866
- On-site location
- Plant Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 83
- Days restricted or transferred
- 56
Before the incident
Just completed a cut on the column of the transformer with a demo saw. Another co-worker also completed a cut causing the transformer to collapse.
What happened
When the the transformer collapsed it pushed the employee back hitting his head on the guardrail (knocking off his hardhat) and falling. The transformer landed on his leg
Injury or illness
Broke his left ankle and injured his knee
Object or substance involved
the copper transformer
Summary line
Copper transformer fell on top of employee 's Leg breaking the ankle and injuring his knee
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laborer
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 23
- Total hours worked
- 49920
- EIN
- 261762321
- Establishment ID
- 856204
- Employer case #
- 2003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 15:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:20:21:00
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.