Costa Mesa, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Costa Mesa
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Costa Mesa in 2051 Placentia Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 resulted in days away from work. Employee was commercial driver in refuse collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Costa Mesa
- Parent company
- Universal Waste Systems Inc.
- Street
- 2051 Placentia Avenue
- City
- Costa Mesa
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92627
- On-site location
- on-route
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
providing service to a waste compactor
What happened
As the employee was inspecting the compactor he bent down to look at hoses and as he stood up he hit his head on the side door of the compactor.
Injury or illness
scalp laceration
Object or substance involved
metal compactor door
Summary line
scalp laceration from metal door
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Commercial driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111: Refuse collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 20
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 40,955
- EIN
- 330194543
- Establishment ID
- 1110329
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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