Cerritos, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ecology Auto Parts
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ecology Auto Parts in 14150 Vine Place, Cerritos, CA 90703 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was driver in trash hauling, local.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ecology Auto Parts
- Parent company
- Ecology Auto Parts
- Street
- 14150 Vine Place
- City
- Cerritos
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90703
- On-site location
- Landfill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 37
Before the incident
Unloading trailer
What happened
After employee finished to unload his trailer he proceeded to close the door of trailer when he noticed that there was a piece of mattress stuck between the door and the frame of trailer. Employee was being helped by coworkers to remove the mattress for him to securely close the trailer door. As the coworkers removed the mattress the employee was removing a wooden stick used to hold the door. As a result the door closed suddenly and struck his right hand.
Injury or illness
Hand crush injury abrasion of thumb
Object or substance involved
trailer door
Summary line
Right hand contusion after being struck by a trailer door while removing a wooden stick used to keep door opened to remove a piece of mattress.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111: Trash hauling, local
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 650
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,238,955
- Establishment ID
- 371657
- Employer case #
- 36
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- 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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