Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Alter Metal Recycling - Des Moines
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Alter Metal Recycling - Des Moines in Des Moines, IA 50313 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cDL Driver in general-line scrap merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Alter Metal Recycling - Des Moines
- Parent company
- Alter Trading
- Street
- 1810 Hull Ave.
- City
- Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50313
- On-site location
- Vermeer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 121
Before the incident
Driving truck
What happened
The employee was lifting a box onto the truck the chain was too long and it caused the box to swing and as he walked past it the box hit the employee in the shoulder knocking him to the ground
Injury or illness
Rotator cuff tear.
Object or substance involved
Box hitting him and knocking him to the ground.
Summary line
Right rotator cuff tear struck by swing box
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CDL Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 423930 — General-line scrap merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 36
- Total hours worked
- 90535
- EIN
- 421272366
- Establishment ID
- 107903
- Employer case #
- 2023-0174
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:19:57:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.