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OSHA Injury Report: Recycling Works

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Recycling Works in 605 Mason St, Elkhart, IN 46516 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mATERIAL SORTER in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Recycling Works
Parent company
Waste-Away Group Ltd.
Street
605 Mason St
City
Elkhart
State
IN
ZIP
46516
On-site location
PLANT 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

SORTING RECYCLING MATERIAL

What happened

PULLED METAL OFF SCREEN - CONTAMINENTS

Injury or illness

STRAIN TO SHOULDER

Object or substance involved

METAL AND SORTING SCREEN

Summary line

SHOULDER STRAIN

Employee and industry

Job description
MATERIAL SORTER
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
70
Total hours worked
117178
EIN
351152676
Establishment ID
60328
Employer case #
2023-088

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:17:43:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.