PRINCETON, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Virginia Recycling, Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Virginia Recycling, Inc in 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd,, PRINCETON, WV 24740 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Labor in recycling.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Wheel House
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
He was removing a track assembly on a skid steer.
What happened
He started to raise the track up and it wouldn 't release. He took a round pipe and placed between the track and the rollers to try to loosen the tension. Once the machine started the HYD pressure jerked the bar and struck him in the leg above the knee.
Injury or illness
His right leg has swelling and bruising.
Object or substance involved
The pipe bar hitting his leg.
Summary line
Removing track assembly he was struck on the leg above the knee by a bar after a jam was released
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930: Recycling
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 72
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 157,123
- EIN
- 208910777
- Establishment ID
- 1107034
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:46
- Time of incident
- 09:10
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-05
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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