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OSHA Injury Report: Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs in Council Bluffs, IA 51501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cDL Driver in general-line scrap merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs
Parent company
Alter Trading
Street
2603 9th Ave.
City
Council Bluffs
State
IA
ZIP
51501
On-site location
Shredder black clip pile
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Backing up his truck to the black clip pile

When opening up the trailer door he had his hand on the latch while pushing the door and the latch fell on his finger.

His finger was pinched and lacerated.

The handle falling.

Laceration to left middle finger opening door of trailer

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
41
Total hours worked
106207
EIN
421272366
Establishment ID
107687
Employer case #
2023-0617
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:21:35:00

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.