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OSHA Injury Report: Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services - Palm Desert

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services - Palm Desert in Palm Desert, CA 92260 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was driver in waste collection services, nonhazardous solid.

Establishment
Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services - Palm Desert
Parent company
Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services
Street
41-575 Eclectic St
City
Palm Desert
State
CA
ZIP
92260
On-site location
on route
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was removing trash from bin.

Employee lost his balance and his weight came down on the edge of the bin. He immediately felt pain on his right rib cage.

Pain in right rib cage. Hurts when pressed on.

Trash bin

While reaching for a bag in trash bin employee fell on the edge of the bin felt pain on his right side rib cage.

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
458210
EIN
204204784
Establishment ID
1221949
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:19:40:00

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.