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OSHA Injury Report: Black Earth Compost

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Black Earth Compost in Gloucester, MA 01930 resulted in days away from work. Employee was collections Driver in nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except combustors, incinerators, landfills, sewer systems, sewage treatment facilities).

Establishment
Black Earth Compost
Parent company
Black Earth Compost
Street
2 Hillside Road
City
Gloucester
State
MA
ZIP
01930
On-site location
While driving on a collections route.
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7

Lifting a bin.

The employee strained his shoulder while lifting a collections bin.

Strained Shoulder

Collections Bin

Injured Right Shoulder (strained tendon) from lifting a collections bin.

Job description
Collections Driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562219 — Nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except combustors, incinerators, landfills, sewer systems, sewage treatment facilities)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
75
Total hours worked
103661
EIN
461406035
Establishment ID
1065608
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Submitted
02JAN24:13:03:00

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.