Palmer, AK —
OSHA Injury Report: Central Landfill
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Central Landfill in Palmer, AK 99654 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eNVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN in landfills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Central Landfill
- Parent company
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Street
- 1201 49th State Street
- City
- Palmer
- State
- AK
- ZIP
- 99654
- On-site location
- North West side of the Administration/Haz Waste building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 27
Before the incident
Unloading 2 drums of solidified latex paint that were on a pallet with a pallet jack at the working face of cell 4.
What happened
While loading two drums (approximate total weight of 700 pounds) of solidified latex paint with pallet jack onto the lift gate of vehicle 57 employee hurt his lower back buttocks and foot when the pallet jack abruptly stopped on the lift gate.
Injury or illness
Sprain to Right Back
Object or substance involved
Employee was pushing pallet jack containing two drums weighing over 800 pounds out of the back of a box truck on to the lift gate.
Summary line
Sprain to Right Back caused by Employee pushing pallet jack
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 17-3025 — Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 562212 — Landfills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 40
- Total hours worked
- 54916
- Establishment ID
- 1470894
- Employer case #
- IN-202501
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 7:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12FEB26:23:40:00
Source
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.