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OSHA Injury Report: American Refuse, Inc

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at American Refuse, Inc in Wasco, CA 93280 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Establishment
American Refuse, Inc
Parent company
American Refuse, Inc
Street
1316 J Street
City
Wasco
State
CA
ZIP
93280
On-site location
Clients Compactor Area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
28

Returning the compactor to the designated area.

The driver was connecting a compactor back into the location and when tightening the arm wire it fell off and got caught on a finger.

Smashed cut finger led to a fracture.

The wire arm of a compactor.

Left ring finger fracture

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
39
Total hours worked
84348
EIN
200923369
Establishment ID
669100
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:45:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:22:16:00

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.