PATERSON, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: Gaeta Recycling Company Inc
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Gaeta Recycling Company Inc in 278-282 W RAILWAY AVE, PATERSON, NJ 7503 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Gaeta Recycling Company Inc
- Parent company
- Gaeta Recycling Company Inc
- Street
- 278-282 W RAILWAY AVE
- City
- PATERSON
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7503
- On-site location
- GAETA TRASFER STATION BALER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 13
Before the incident
LABORER WAS PREPARING TO SLIDE NEW BALER BAG TO BALER CHUTE
What happened
DURING THE BALING PROCESS A PROPANE CANISTER ILLEGALLY DUMPED WITH TRASH WAS COMPACTED AND BURST - FLASH OVER THROUGH EDGES OF BALER
Injury or illness
BURNS ON FACE AND HANDS
Object or substance involved
ILLEGALLY DUMPED PROPANE CANISTER
Summary line
2ND DEGREE BRUNS TO FACE AND HANDS
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LABORER
- SOC code
- 53-7081: Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111: Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 230
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 478,400
- EIN
- 222028462
- Establishment ID
- 740835
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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