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OSHA Injury Report: Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs in 2603 9th Ave., Council Bluffs, IA 51501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was shredder Manager in general-line scrap merchant wholesalers.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs
Parent company
Alter Trading
Street
2603 9th Ave.
City
Council Bluffs
State
IA
ZIP
51501
On-site location
Shredder

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Helping at the shredder

What happened

When walking between some equipment dust blew into his eye.

Injury or illness

FO in eye.

Object or substance involved

Dust

Summary line

Foreign object in eye. Dust blew into eye

Employee and industry

Job description
Shredder Manager
SOC code
41-1012 — First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
NAICS code
423930 — General-line scrap merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
41
Total hours worked
106207
EIN
421272366
Establishment ID
107687
Employer case #
2023-0588

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:21:11:00

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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.