Owego, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Weitsman Recycling 7
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Weitsman Recycling 7 in 15 W Main Street, Owego, NY 13827 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was yard Operations Manager in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Weitsman Recycling 7
- Parent company
- Weitsman Recycling LLC
- Street
- 15 W Main Street
- City
- Owego
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 13827
- On-site location
- Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Shearing Material
What happened
Employee Was Sheering Material In The Tin Pile. While Sheering Material Ee Cut Through A Fuel Tank That Was Supposed To Be Empty However The Fuel Tank Still Had Natural Gas Inside And Exploded When The Matt Cut Through It.
Injury or illness
Explosion- cuts and bruising potential for future hearing loss due to the incident
Object or substance involved
Fuel Tank
Summary line
Employee Was Sheering Material In The Tin Pile. While Sheering Material Ee Cut Through A Fuel Tank That Was Supposed To Be Empty However The Fuel Tank Still Had Natural Gas Inside And Exploded When The Matt Cut Through It.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Yard Operations Manager
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 423930: Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 136
- Total hours worked
- 283843
- EIN
- 274293290
- Establishment ID
- 1333260
- Employer case #
- Y4HC15322
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 25FEB2025:17:36:00
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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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