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OSHA Injury Report: Rineco Chemical Industries

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Rineco Chemical Industries in 819 Vulcan Road, Benton, AR 72015 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Operator in hazardous waste treatment facilities.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rineco Chemical Industries
Parent company
Heritage Environmental Services
Street
819 Vulcan Road
City
Benton
State
AR
ZIP
72015
On-site location
Loading docks in Receiving

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
56

Before the incident

Unloading pallets of drums from trailer truck

What happened

While manually picking up a drum that dropped down below the docks the drum slipped out and made contact with his hand

Injury or illness

Dislocated knuckle on right hand

Object or substance involved

Metal drum

Summary line

Dislocation Hand - Knuckle Moving Drum

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Operator
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste treatment facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
245
Total hours worked
573895
EIN
351413237
Establishment ID
173141
Employer case #
2724

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
12JAN24:21:01:00

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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.