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OSHA Injury Report: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc. in 10252 HIGHWAY 65, IOWA FALLS, IA 501E6 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was grinder Material Handler in profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.
Parent company
Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.
Street
10252 HIGHWAY 65
City
IOWA FALLS
State
IA
ZIP
501E6
On-site location
Grinding area near shredder output.

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
17

Before the incident

Switching and pushing boxes underneath the shredder output.

What happened

Forklift driver in charge of moving the boxes swung around causing box and pallet to fall off forks hitting him in back.

Injury or illness

Back pain

Object or substance involved

Pallet and gaylord box

Summary line

Standing by output of machine forklift driver swung around causing box and pallet to fall off forks hitting him in the back.

Employee and industry

Job description
Grinder Material Handler
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326130 — Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
90
Total hours worked
157582
EIN
421476536
Establishment ID
1005320
Employer case #
12

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23JAN24:19:36:00

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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.