La Mesa, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Alvarado Labs - Public Utilities
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Alvarado Labs - Public Utilities in La Mesa, CA 91942 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laboratory Technician in waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Alvarado Labs - Public Utilities
- Parent company
- City of San Diego
- Street
- 5530 Kiowa Drive
- City
- La Mesa
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 91942
- On-site location
- Alvarado Inorganic Laboratory L-11
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
moving sample bottles from the sampling area to the neutralization area on a sample cart
What happened
Was moving sample bottles to the sample cart When he pulled the cart over the cart sunk from its weight and got stuck pulling the cart free he lodged his hand between the fume hood and sample cart
Injury or illness
The employee caught his right hand between the fume hood and the sample bottle cart
Object or substance involved
The employee caught his hand between the sample cart filled with samples and the fume hood.
Summary line
Was moving sample bottles to the sample cart When he pulled the cart over the cart sunk from its weight and got stuck pulling the cart free he lodged his hand between the fume hood and sample cart
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laboratory Technician
- SOC code
- 51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221320 — Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 108
- Total hours worked
- 208440
- EIN
- 956000776
- Establishment ID
- 879057
- Employer case #
- 144
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 12MAR2025:15:33:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.