Carlsbad, NM ·
OSHA Injury Report: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220 resulted in days away from work. 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 8 Room 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 55
- Days restricted or transferred
- 53
Before the incident
Assembling a new Transporter vehicle in the underground. Worker was installing tires on the transporter.
What happened
Employee and a Waste Handling employee were lifting a tire using a fork lift and the tynes kept hitting tire and wouldn 't let the tire go up any further WH employee let go of tire which jerked other employee 's arm.
Injury or illness
Rt Shoulder Tear
Object or substance involved
Transporter Tire
Summary line
[REDACTED] Tear
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 #
- 2023050
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- 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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