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OSHA Injury Report: Rocky Mountain Recycling

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Rocky Mountain Recycling in Commerce City, CO 80022 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Labor in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Rocky Mountain Recycling
Street
6510 Brighton Bloulevard
City
Commerce City
State
CO
ZIP
80022
On-site location
Non-Ferrous Overseas Container
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
35

The worker was moving material while driving a forklift.

When the forklift tire went into a hole in the shipping container floor the forklift shook and [REDACTED] stated he went forward. [REDACTED] did not seek care initially as he thought he would be okay. The [REDACTED] he went into the clinic.

Contusions to back

Forklift seat back

Back struck shaken by forklift seat back.

Job description
General Labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
69
Total hours worked
153780
Establishment ID
1110687
Employer case #
23-1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:54:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
07FEB24:21:32:00

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.