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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
Wheel House
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

He was removing a track assembly on a skid steer.

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.

His right leg has swelling and bruising.

The pipe bar hitting his leg.

Removing track assembly he was struck on the leg above the knee by a bar after a jam was released

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 #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:46:00.000
Time of incident
9:10:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:21:47:00

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.