Kankakee, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: River Valley Recycling, LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at River Valley Recycling, LLC in Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was janitor in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- River Valley Recycling, LLC
- Parent company
- River Valley Recycling, LLC
- Street
- 288
- City
- Kankakee
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60901
- On-site location
- Crankshaft floor area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Employee was running a battery operated sweeper on the shop floor
What happened
Employee claimed neck back shoulder and chest pain as well as shortness of breath after emptying the waste bin which weighs less than 15 pounds. - Video evidence shows differently than reported.
Injury or illness
Claiming Neck injury from strenuous activity as well as couldn 't use his arm or feel his arm chest pains and shortness of breath because he lifted bin.
Object or substance involved
Bin weighing less than 15 pounds.
Summary line
Neck pain lifting bin weighing less than 15 pounds
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Janitor
- SOC code
- 37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- 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 #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:35
- Time of incident
- 11:02
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05JAN26:21:36:00
Source
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.