HILLSBORO, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Far West Recycling - Hillsboro
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Far West Recycling - Hillsboro in 6440 SE Alexander ST, HILLSBORO, OR 97123 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was metal Buying assistant in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Far West Recycling - Hillsboro
- Parent company
- Far West Recycling
- Street
- 6440 SE Alexander ST
- City
- HILLSBORO
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97123
- On-site location
- Metals Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
processing scrap metal
What happened
was sorting copper materials and took glove off to get a better grip on material and cut right thumb
Injury or illness
laceration to right thumb
Object or substance involved
a copper pipe
Summary line
cut right thumb on a copper pipe
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Metal Buying assistant
- SOC code
- 13-1022: Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
- NAICS code
- 423930: Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 58
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 121,228
- EIN
- 930788493
- Establishment ID
- 477041
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-05
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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