Kearny, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: G & S Motor Equipment Co
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at G & S Motor Equipment Co in 1800 Harrison Avenue, Kearny, NJ 7032 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- G & S Motor Equipment Co
- Parent company
- G&S Technologies
- Street
- 1800 Harrison Avenue
- City
- Kearny
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7032
- On-site location
- Outside Building B in the bay area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 80
Before the incident
Cutting a transformer with a torch
What happened
He tripped over a water hose and fell. He dropped the lit torch which contacted his leg
Injury or illness
A burn to the back of the leg
Object or substance involved
Flame from the lit torch he was using
Summary line
Burn to upper right thigh
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7081: Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 423930: Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 102
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 239,247
- EIN
- 221864595
- Establishment ID
- 1309906
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 18:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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