Erial, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Wastequip Erial
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Wastequip Erial in Erial, NJ 8081 resulted in days away from work. Employee was welder I in containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wastequip Erial
- Parent company
- Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC
- Street
- 1031 Hickstown Rd.
- City
- Erial
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 8081
- On-site location
- Roll Off and Specials
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 16
Before the incident
welding
What happened
EE was working on IM weld line. EE states performing a vertical weld down and decided to reposition. While doing that EE lifted EE 's helmet so EE could see better and wanted to clean some weld slag dust on EE welds. When EE started to clean the area with EE 's gloves a particle jumped and made it through EE safety glasses and went into EE eye.
Injury or illness
Foreign Body in Left Eye from Struck by Object
Object or substance involved
Foreign Body
Summary line
Foreign body in left eye from struck by object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder I
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 332439 — Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 137
- Total hours worked
- 273074
- EIN
- 223191624
- Establishment ID
- 50638
- Employer case #
- FY25-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 7:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:19:27:00
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.