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OSHA Injury Report: Island Recycling - Kaomi Loop

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Island Recycling - Kaomi Loop in 91-140 Kaomi Loop, Kapolei, HI 96707 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general Labor in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Island Recycling - Kaomi Loop
Parent company
Island Recycling Inc
Street
91-140 Kaomi Loop
City
Kapolei
State
HI
ZIP
96707
On-site location
Metals Department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
25

Before the incident

Employee was driving a golf cart back to his department

What happened

After being called into the office for a meeting with Human Resources and Operations Manager employee decided to get on the golf cart and speed back to his department. When he got to his department he stepped on the gas instead of the brakes and threw his right arm up to prevent himself from going under a container

Injury or illness

Laceration to right forearm

Object or substance involved

The golf cart employee was speeding on and 40 foot container

Summary line

Laceration to right forearm

Employee and industry

Job description
General Labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
53
Total hours worked
114344
EIN
990229666
Establishment ID
910040
Employer case #
14122

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29JAN24:17:46:00

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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.