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 driver 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 TRANSFER STATION
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
DRIVER WAS PREPARING TO UNLOAD 20 YARD CONTAINER FROM ROLLOFF TRUCK
What happened
WINCH CABLE SNAPPED AND RECOILED STRIKING REAR WINDOW OF TRUCK
Injury or illness
GLASS SPRAYED INSIDE CAB STRIKING DRIVER IN THE FACE
Object or substance involved
CAB REAR GLASS WINDOW
Summary line
GLASS IN DRIVERS EYE FROM BROKEN REAR CAB WINDOW
Employee and industry
- Job description
- DRIVER
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- 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 #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 16:50
- 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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