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OSHA Injury Report: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM 88220 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was underground Shaft Operator in hazardous waste disposal facilities.

Establishment
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Parent company
SALADO ISOLATION MINING CONTRACTORS LLC
Street
4021 National Parks Highway
City
Carlsbad
State
NM
ZIP
88220
On-site location
Underground at Waste Shaft
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was attempting to reinstall doors on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] after they had been removed for operations.

As the employee was reinstalling the doors the employee lost control of and was struck in the back of the head.

Laceration to back of head.

Metal shaft cage door.

Laceration to back of the head. Employee lost control of shaft door and was stuck as it fell.

Job description
Underground Shaft Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste disposal facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1033
Total hours worked
1897904
EIN
824745477
Establishment ID
1030967
Employer case #
2023004
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:15:00.000
Submitted
05MAR24:16:03:00

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.