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OSHA Injury Report: Liberty Tire Recycling-SLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Liberty Tire Recycling-SLC in Salt Lake City, UT 84116 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lube technician in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Liberty Tire Recycling-SLC
Parent company
Liberty Tire Recycling
Street
1398 Beck St
City
Salt Lake City
State
UT
ZIP
84116
On-site location
Building D Maintenance Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Grinding down welds on the repaired cm drum in building D

Grinding welds with a grinder grinder was plugged into an extension cord that had been repaired with a replacement end that was shorted internally. When it would lose connection “it had to be kicked once and a while to keep it going”. The grinder stopped working with the safety and trigger depressed with his right hand. The employee then used his left hand to “steady himself while kicking the connection to make the grinder come back on”. When the connection was kicked the trigger safety was already depressed by his right hand holding the grinder which made it turn on instantly. The grinder then slipped out of his right hand and struck the back of his left hand cutting it open.

Right hand laceration (10 stitches)

Hand grinder extension cord

Right hand laceration due to contact with power grinding wheel (stitches)

Job description
Lube technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
115
Total hours worked
275751
EIN
43613449
Establishment ID
1156748
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:25:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:20:47:00

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.