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OSHA Injury Report: SMM Group Chesapeake, VA

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at SMM Group Chesapeake, VA in Chesapeake, VA 23324 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was yard Driver in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
SMM Group Chesapeake, VA
Parent company
Sims Metal Management
Street
4300 Buell Street
City
Chesapeake
State
VA
ZIP
23324
On-site location
Outside the facility across from the port ship loading entrance gate
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Transporting a container

While Yard Jockey driver was bringing an empty container from the overflow lot outside of the facility driver drove through a puddle of water that had a pothole under it. Driver 's left knee hit the bottom of the dashboard.

Strain to left knee.

Pothole caused drivers left knee to make contact with the bottom of the dashboard.

Strain to left knee caused by pothole. Drivers left knee made contact with the bottom of the dashboard.

Job description
Yard Driver
SOC code
53-3033 — Light Truck Drivers
NAICS code
423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
131
Total hours worked
291312
EIN
453807558
Establishment ID
41952
Employer case #
IN-2023072
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:50:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:17:44:00

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.