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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 disassembly 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
Disassembly Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
70

Disassembling an engine

Employee was disassembling an engine and he was using a hoist to lift the engine and reposition the engine onto the table. Employee did not securely attach the part to the hoist so as he lowered the engine the hook came off and weight shifted causing the part to fall onto his finger that was under the engine.

Finger was smashed by falling part.

Engine

Factured finger

Job description
Disassembly
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
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 #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
11:24
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05JAN26:21:23:00

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.