Ferndale, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Recycling & Disposal Services, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Recycling & Disposal Services, Inc. in 4916 Labounty Dr., Ferndale, WA 98248 resulted in days away from work. Employee was equipment Operator and Maintenance Tech in waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Recycling & Disposal Services, Inc.
- Parent company
- Recycling & Disposal Services, Inc.
- Street
- 4916 Labounty Dr.
- City
- Ferndale
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98248
- On-site location
- Home
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Had gone home and did not realize some small piece of slag was still on him.
What happened
Welding at work earlier in day noticed some slag on hood and safety glasses. When at home he rubbed his eyes and the piece of slag went in to the left eye.
Injury or illness
Left eye
Object or substance involved
tiny piece of metal (slag) from welding earlier that day
Summary line
Had gone home and did not realize piece of welding slag was on him he rubbed his eye and piece of slag went in left eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator and Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9071: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 562111: Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 38
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 67,221
- EIN
- 911674804
- Establishment ID
- 1027862
- Employer case #
- 23-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:56
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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