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
- 2
Before the incident
Opening a scrap loaded trailer door. (improperly)
What happened
After releasing the locking mechanism on door material started to fall out of the back of trailer. Once material stopped falling he pushed the door all the way open. As he was walking around the backside of trailer to lock trailer door into open position a piece of scrap metal fell out of trailer hitting him on his hard hat causing him to fall to the ground.
Injury or illness
Concussion
Object or substance involved
Falling scrap metal
Summary line
Received concussion after being hit with falling scrap metal from a loaded trailer.
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 #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:45
- 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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