San Diego, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Public Utilities - MOC 1
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Public Utilities - MOC 1 in San Diego, CA 92123 resulted in days away from work. Employee was plant Tech in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Public Utilities - MOC 1
- Parent company
- City of San Diego
- Street
- 9150 Topaz Way
- City
- San Diego
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92123
- On-site location
- PS 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 176
Before the incident
The employee with two others were assisting a forklift driver to dispose a 400 lbs. metal cart into a dumpster.
What happened
The employee 's left thumb was caught in between the 400 lbs. load and the upper edge of the dumpster. The injury resulted from another employee climbing on top of the edge of the dumpster while holding on to the forklift carriage and using his feet to kick the load moving it off of the forks. employee was standing on the ground on the left side of the forklift and stretching to reach the load on the forklift above the dumpster. The sudden movement caught employees 's thumb in between the load and the edge of the dumpster.
Injury or illness
The employee 's left thumb was injured with an open nondisplaced fracture of distal phalanx of left thumb.
Object or substance involved
The metal cart smashing the employee thumb against the edge of the dumpster.
Summary line
Crushed thumb between heavy load and dumpster
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Plant Tech
- SOC code
- 51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221320 — Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 180
- Total hours worked
- 347400
- EIN
- 956000776
- Establishment ID
- 879039
- Employer case #
- 67
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:23:39:00
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.