Waxahachie, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Dart Container Waxahachie
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Dart Container Waxahachie in 850 Solon Road, Waxahachie, TX 75165 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in foam polystyrene products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dart Container Waxahachie
- Parent company
- Dart Container
- Street
- 850 Solon Road
- City
- Waxahachie
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75165
- On-site location
- Cresswood grinder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Walking by the Cresswood grinder
What happened
EE was walking by the Cresswood grinder during a cleanup as contractors were dumping fire extinguisher powder into a trash can and cleaning the shop vac filters by hitting them on the inside of the trash can. This caused a dust cloud in the area and the EE breathed in some of the fire extinguisher chemical powder.
Injury or illness
Respiratory irritation
Object or substance involved
Fire extinguisher powder
Summary line
Respiratory irritation inhalation of fire extinguisher powder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326140: Foam polystyrene products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 930
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,525,757
- EIN
- 311358819
- Establishment ID
- 105908
- Employer case #
- 2023-00011
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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