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 12820 NE Marx St, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 53
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 111,190
- EIN
- 930788493
- Establishment ID
- 477116
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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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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