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OSHA Injury Report: Wastequip Erial

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Wastequip Erial in Erial, NJ 08081 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was painter in containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing.

Establishment
Wastequip Erial
Parent company
Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC
Street
1031 Hickstown Rd.
City
Erial
State
NJ
ZIP
08081
On-site location
Surface Preparation and Coating
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
13

EE was cleaning excess paint from the safety stands.

EE and other employees were doing a routine cleaning excess paint from the safety stands. Part of this cleaning required the employee to tilt the stand on its side and clean the wheels that were on the bottom. Next EE went to pull the stand towards self. When EE did this EE felt pain in lower back

Strain Back (Lumbar - lower back pain) from pulling a safety stand.

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Strain Back (Lumbar - lower back pain) from pulling a safety stand

Job description
Painter
SOC code
51-9123 — Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
NAICS code
332439 — Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
123
Total hours worked
245952
EIN
223191624
Establishment ID
50638
Employer case #
FY23-109
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:45:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:15:39:00

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.