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OSHA Injury Report: Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans in New Orleans, LA 70117 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans
Parent company
Southern Recycling LLC
Street
4801 Florida Avenue
City
New Orleans
State
LA
ZIP
70117
On-site location
Nonferrous processing area
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

IP was in the nonferrous processing area in the unprepared stainless bin standing between two heat exchangers stainless tube bundles using a power washer to clean dirt off of the bundle tubing.

While stepping back his foot got caught in the power washer hose causing him to stumble. In an effort to regain his balance he fell forward and hit the left side of his head on the heat exchanger resulting in laceration

Cut Laceration to upper-left forehead

Scrap Heat Exchanger

Laceration to to upper-left forehead from heat exchanger

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
106
Total hours worked
256126
EIN
721286505
Establishment ID
388227
Employer case #
INC-001072
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:10:00.000
Submitted
12JAN24:00:00:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.