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OSHA Injury Report: Berry Enterprises, Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Berry Enterprises, Inc in 325 Whitetop Rd., Chilhowie, VA 24319 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was manager in recycling.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Berry Enterprises, Inc
Parent company
Berry Enterprises, Inc.
Street
325 Whitetop Rd.
City
Chilhowie
State
VA
ZIP
24319
On-site location
BIM Scrap Yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

He was crouched down cutting a window out of a gaylord box with a pocket folding knife

What happened

The knife cut through the box and with continued pressure which punctured into his right leg

Injury or illness

Laceration without foreign body right thigh

Object or substance involved

pocket folding knife

Summary line

puncture into right leg while using a pocket knife to cut a window out of a gaylord box

Employee and industry

Job description
Manager
SOC code
41-1012 — First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
NAICS code
423930 — Recycling
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
63
Total hours worked
138153
EIN
540888093
Establishment ID
1107036
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05FEB24:21:45:00

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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.