PRINCETON, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Virginia Recycling, Inc. in 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd, PRINCETON, WV 24740 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general Labor in scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
- Parent company
- West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
- Street
- 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd
- City
- PRINCETON
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 24740
- On-site location
- RWV Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
- Days restricted or transferred
- 109
Before the incident
He was removing a fire hose nozzle from the top fill of the water truck.
What happened
He snapped hose to get it to pop out while on ground level. The brass nozzle released from fill hole and fell to the side of the truck pinching his right fingertip between the nozzle and side of the truck.
Injury or illness
Broken right pointer fingertip.
Object or substance involved
Fallen brass nozzle.
Summary line
He was removing a fire hose from the top fill of the water truck. He snapped hose to get it to pop out of the fill hole. The brass nozzle released from the fill hole and fell pinching his right fingertip.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930: Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 79
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 185,510
- Establishment ID
- 449711
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:18
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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