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OSHA Injury Report: Metro Park East Landfill

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Metro Park East Landfill in Mitchellville, IA 50169 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was diesel Technician Apprentice in landfills.

Establishment
Metro Park East Landfill
Parent company
Metro Waste Authority
Street
12181 NE University AVE
City
Mitchellville
State
IA
ZIP
50169
On-site location
Maintenance Bay
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Testing fitting a 10lb pin into the area of a bulldozer.

The pin fell when removing it employee tried to catch it when his pinky was smashed between the pin and a part of the dozer causing a 1 inch cut.

A 1 cut on the right pinky finger.

10LB Pin

Laceration to right pinky finger from a 10lb pin

Job description
Diesel Technician Apprentice
SOC code
49-3031 — Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
NAICS code
562212 — Landfills
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
87211
EIN
420957531
Establishment ID
288143
Employer case #
2505
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
7:55
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06FEB26:16:16:00

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.