Brownsville, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza in 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Ground Cutter in ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
- Parent company
- SA Recycling, LLC
- Street
- 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd
- City
- Brownsville
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78521
- On-site location
- Torch cutting area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 67
Before the incident
EE had just finished cutting a piece of scrap and had used his torch as a hook to move a section of material.
What happened
The EE was attempting to dislodge and separate the pieces and after his torch got stuck he decided to do it by hand and that is when the two pieces he was trying to separate shifted and fell on his finger causing it to be lacerated.
Injury or illness
Laceration of left index finger & Fracture of distal tip. Received 8 Stitches
Object or substance involved
A piece of scrap
Summary line
Employee went to pick up material with his hand he was wearing torch gloves when he smashed his finger bewtween the material and the metal. Diagnosis: Laceration of left index finger & Fracture of distal tip. Received 8 Stitches
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Ground Cutter
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930: Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 215
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 499,538
- EIN
- 743222369
- Establishment ID
- 1080723
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:40
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-23
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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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