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OSHA Injury Report: River Valley Recycling, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at River Valley Recycling, LLC in Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was block Breaker in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Parent company
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Street
288
City
Kankakee
State
IL
ZIP
60901
On-site location
Block Breaker Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Sorting parts on the Block Breaker conveyor line.

The worker grabbed the part off the conveyor without grabbing the visible edges and grabbed the back which had a sharp piece sticking out causing the sharp part to go through her gloves into her finger.

Metal splinter

Metal splinter went into her finger.

Sorting Parts off the Block Breaker conveyor line sharp engine part

Job description
Block Breaker
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
307062
EIN
364617633
Establishment ID
1090735
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:07
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05JAN26:21:19:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.