PRINCETON, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Virginia Recycling, Inc. in 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd, PRINCETON, WV 24740 resulted in other recordable case. 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 Receiving Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Inspecting loads on the scrap steel receiving yard.
What happened
A fellow employee shot him with a blow dart gun he found in a scrapped car.
Injury or illness
Puncture wound to the right thigh.
Object or substance involved
Blow Dart.
Summary line
Inspecting loads of scrap metal and a fellow employee blew him with a blow dart found in a scraped car
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 #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:02
- Time of incident
- 14:25
- 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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