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OSHA Injury Report: West Virginia Recycling, Inc

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Virginia Recycling, Inc in PRINCETON, WV 24740 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Labor in recycling.

Establishment
West Virginia Recycling, Inc
Parent company
West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
Street
951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd,
City
PRINCETON
State
WV
ZIP
24740
On-site location
non-ferrous plant
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

He was sweeping the floor underneath the non-ferrous takeaway conveyor belt with a push broom.

While sweeping he rubbed up against a piece of expanded metal used for guarding. The expanded metal had a broken piece about 1 inch that was protruding out. This piece cut his right arm. He received 7 stitches.

This piece cut his right arm. He received 7 stitches.

Broken piece of expanded metal.

cut to his right arm from a protruding piece of guarding while sweeping the floor

Job description
General Labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
423930 — Recycling
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
72
Total hours worked
157123
EIN
208910777
Establishment ID
1107034
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:10:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:21:45:00

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.