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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 warehouse 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
Warehouse Disassembly Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
61
Days restricted or transferred
37

Before the incident

Worker was disassembling an engine on disassembly line.

What happened

Worker used improper tool to remove part and when he swung the hammer the pushed his extender finger in between parts on the engine causing deep laceration of the tip of his finger.

Injury or illness

Injury deep laceration (was not amputated) of the very tip of his left ring finger.

Object or substance involved

Employee 's hammer missed the tool he was holding and hammer hit his hand forcing it into the sharp engine part making a deep cut to his finger.

Summary line

Injury- deep laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
Warehouse Disassembly
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
182
Total hours worked
393598
EIN
364617633
Establishment ID
1090735
Employer case #
11

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:12:26:00

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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.