Richmond, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Sims Metal Management - Richmond, CA
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Sims Metal Management - Richmond, CA in 600 S. 4th Street, Richmond, CA 94804 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was truck Driver in scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Sims Metal Management - Richmond, CA
- Parent company
- Sims Metal Management
- Street
- 600 S. 4th Street
- City
- Richmond
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 94804
- On-site location
- Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 39
Before the incident
Opening roll off box doors to dump the load
What happened
Our driver opened a roll of box that was pressurized. Once the safety pin was removed the S[REDACTED] locking bar was forced open just as the door opened striking the driver in the face.
Injury or illness
Chipped Tooth Cut laceration to Mouth
Object or substance involved
Locking mechanism on right hand side of the box
Summary line
Chipped Tooth Cut laceration to Mouth caused by Locking mechanism on right hand side of the box
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3033: Light Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 423930: Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 69
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 157,743
- EIN
- 943053218
- Establishment ID
- 578565
- Employer case #
- IN-2023083
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-09
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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