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OSHA Injury Report: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM 88220 resulted in days away from work. Employee was underground Maintenance Worker 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 S1000 W1700
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
95
Days restricted or transferred
169

Employee was walking on working surface after hanging vent tubing in the mine.

Employee was stepping down from the continuous miner stepped onto object which made him fall onto conveyor belt.

Ruptured patellar tendon Left knee

continuous miner used as work surface

Ruptured patellar tendon Left knee

Job description
Underground Maintenance Worker
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 #
2023021
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
05MAR24:16:08:00

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.