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OSHA Injury Report: River Valley Recycling, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at River Valley Recycling, LLC in 288, Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was small Parts 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
Small Parts Lilne

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Before the incident

Recycling or disassembling parts from metal bin

What happened

The worker was sorting and disassembling recyclable parts and she had her elbow inside the metal bin and when she pulled on a part too hard she lost her grip and hit he elbow on the metal bin.

Injury or illness

Bruising a slight fracture of elbow.

Object or substance involved

The metal bin (pallet container).

Summary line

Fracture elbow hit elbow on metal bin during disassembly

Employee and industry

Job description
Small Parts
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
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 #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
7:57
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05JAN26:21:14:00

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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.