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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services - Palm Desert in Palm Desert, CA 92260 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Employee was pulling out trash bins from enclosures.

Employee pulled contaminated recylce bin out however the bin got away from him. He was able to move his body however his hand was smashed between the recycle and trash bin.

Smashed right hand. Internal pain.

Recycle bin

Flipped truck on rte Employee was treated for non-concussive head injury

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 #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:19:44:00

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.