Portland, OR —
OSHA Injury Report: Far West Recycling - NE Portland
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Far West Recycling - NE Portland in Portland, OR 97230 resulted in days away from work. 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
Before the incident
sorting recycled materials on the sort system
What happened
the employee reached over the conveyor and grabbed a heavy piece of metal to remove it from the conveyor and felt pain in left arm.
Injury or illness
shoulder strain - left
Object or substance involved
a heavy piece of recycled metal
Summary line
was reaching to remove a heavy piece of metal off of the conveyor and felt pain in left arm.
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 #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:19:56:00
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.