Carlsbad, NM ·
OSHA Injury Report: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was underground Maintenance Mechanic in hazardous waste disposal facilities.
Where did this happen?
- 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 Panel
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Maintenance mechanics were underground preparing to perform preventative maintenance on Miller Welder. The welder 's battery was dead so the mechanics began to charge the battery. Accessing the battery connectors in an area near the engines fan blade. The design of the guard on the fan blade has an opening at the bottom to allow for space over the shaft. the proximity of this guard opening fan to the battery connector was approximately less than 2 inches.
What happened
Employee was charging battery on Miller welder to perform preventative maintenance once it was started the exhaust was blowing in workers face. When the worker reached in to remove jumper cables they did not notice that the battery was so close to the fan and their finger hit fan blade cutting the top and bottom finger on right hand.
Injury or illness
Laceration to fingers.
Object or substance involved
Fan blade on generator.
Summary line
Struck injured by moving parts of machine on the right third finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Underground Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 562211: Hazardous waste disposal facilities
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,033
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,897,904
- EIN
- 824745477
- Establishment ID
- 1030967
- Employer case #
- 2023042
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 12:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-05
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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