Portland, OR —
OSHA Injury Report: Far West Recycling - NE Portland
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Far West Recycling - NE Portland in Portland, OR 97230 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sorter in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Far West Recycling - NE Portland
- Parent company
- Far West Recycling
- Street
- 12820 NE Marx St
- City
- Portland
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97230
- On-site location
- Sort System
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Sorting recycled materials on a sort system
What happened
While sorting the employee grabbed ahold of a black plastic bag and felt a poke to the left index finger.
Injury or illness
Needlestick
Object or substance involved
an insulin syringe
Summary line
Needlestick by a syringe to left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sorter
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 53
- Total hours worked
- 111190
- EIN
- 930788493
- Establishment ID
- 477116
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:19:21:00
Source
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.