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OSHA Injury Report: S05295 - WM Newark Avenue A

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at S05295 - WM Newark Avenue A in NEWARK, NJ 7114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was oPSDriver.

Establishment
S05295 - WM Newark Avenue A
Parent company
WM
Street
100 AVENUE A
City
NEWARK
State
NJ
ZIP
7114
On-site location
WM Front St transfer station on tipping floor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Undoing the safety chain and lifting the door open with the handle.

While opening the door to empty the roll off container at the transfer facility the driver walked into and through a pile of garbage and the debris inside the pile cut the back of the drivers leg. Driver received medical attention.

Laceration

Cont. - 30 Yd. Trash Cont. RO Self Contained

While opening the door to empty the roll off container at the transfer facility the driver walked into and through a pile of garbage and the debris inside the pile cut the back of the drivers leg. Driver received medical attention.

Job description
OPSDriver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
129
Total hours worked
292220
EIN
363700143
Establishment ID
339286
Employer case #
25_20845
Date of incident
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19FEB26:00:20:00

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.