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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 returning trash bin to its enclosure.

A gust of winnd blew the enclosure door closed and smashed his left hand.

Snashed left hand.

trash

While servicing enclosure a gust of wind blew the enclosure door closed smashing employee 's hand.

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 #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:20:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:19:49:00

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.