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OSHA Injury Report: River Valley Recycling, LLC

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at River Valley Recycling, LLC in 288, Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was disassembly in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Parent company
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Street
288
City
Kankakee
State
IL
ZIP
60901
On-site location
Disassembly Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
59
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Disassembling an engine

What happened

Employee put his hands between two engine parts and the pipe he was trying to remove. He turned his head to talk to coworker and bent the pipe directly into his hand pinching the tip of finger in between the two parts.

Injury or illness

smashed finger

Object or substance involved

Engine pipe he was trying to remove improperly from the engine when he places his finger where he was bending the pipe back and forth and when he turned away to talk to coworker his finger moved down and was pinched by the pipe he was bending.

Summary line

Factured finger tip pinched between two parts

Employee and industry

Job description
Disassembly
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
307062
EIN
364617633
Establishment ID
1090735
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
6:29
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05JAN26:21:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.