NEWARK, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: S05295 - WM Newark Avenue A
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at S05295 - WM Newark Avenue A in 100 AVENUE A, NEWARK, NJ 7114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was OPSDriver.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Undoing the safety chain and lifting the door open with the handle.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Cont. - 30 Yd. Trash Cont. RO Self Contained
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OPSDriver
- SOC code
- 53-7081: Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 129
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 292,220
- EIN
- 363700143
- Establishment ID
- 339286
- Employer case #
- 25_20845
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-19
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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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