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OSHA Injury Report: Worcester County Solid Waste

Other illness · Death

On , an other illness at Worcester County Solid Waste in Newark, MD 21841 resulted in death. Employee was landfill Operator II in refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills.

Establishment
Worcester County Solid Waste
Parent company
Worcester County Government
Street
7091 Central Site Ln
City
Newark
State
MD
ZIP
21841
On-site location
Landfill
Outcome
Death (code 1)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Date of death

Parked vehicle to unload a container.

The employee passed away due to complications from a preexisting condition.

Heart Attack

Preexisting condition

Deceased

Job description
Landfill Operator II
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562212 — Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
28
Total hours worked
61360
Establishment ID
1276327
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:19:18:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.