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OSHA Injury Report: Wastequip Tyler

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Wastequip Tyler in Tyler, TX 75705 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was helper 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
Small Cans
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

assisting a fellow coworker to get a load unstruck from forklift forks

EE#1 went to tug on what seemed to be a pallet piece with no gloves and when EE#1 tugged a piece of metal got unstuck and when it fell it caught EE#1 hand and lacerated the index finger

Laceration required EE to get stitches

falling metal

laceration on index finger from falling metal

Job description
Helper
SOC code
51-9198 — Helpers--Production Workers
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 #
FY23-75
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:45:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:22:01:00

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.