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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
14
Days restricted or transferred
128

Before the incident

Unsure if the event occurred at work. Appeared to come into work hold his hand few days before the report of injury.

What happened

Could not locate when the event occurred. Reported on [REDACTED] but stated it had occurred at [REDACTED] but evidence shows that he was holding and rubbing his hand back on [REDACTED] when arriving to work. Checked [REDACTED] and saw no indication of any discomfort or injury. Feel the injury occurred on the night of the [REDACTED]. Stated his hand hurt after using the hoist to lift an engine and as he used the hammer the pain increased.

Injury or illness

A Scaphoid fracture -

Object or substance involved

Could not be determined how the injury occurred because not consistent with using the hoist and hammer and video did not show the injury.

Summary line

fractured palm of hand unknown

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 #
6

When (timing detail)

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

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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.