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OSHA Injury Report: Wastequip Tyler

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Wastequip Tyler in Tyler, TX 75705 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fabricator Lead in garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.

Establishment
Wastequip Tyler
Parent company
Wastequip Manufacturing Company
Street
8521 FM850
City
Tyler
State
TX
ZIP
75705
On-site location
Fabrication Parts
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2
Days restricted or transferred
180

helping another employee set up the brake press

Setting up press brake; after making the first bend the material tripped and fell behind the machine trapping EE 's thumb between the material and the upper die.

laceration to left thumb from getting caught in machinery

steel material falling

laceration to left thumb from getting caught in machinery

Job description
Fabricator Lead
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332439 — Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
84
Total hours worked
168246
EIN
223191624
Establishment ID
804554
Employer case #
FY23-20
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:21:41:00

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.