HILLSBORO, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Far West Recycling - Hillsboro
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Far West Recycling - Hillsboro in 6440 SE Alexander ST, HILLSBORO, OR 97123 resulted in days away from work. 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 51
Before the incident
moving refrigerator compressor sealed units from a pallet into a large container
What happened
while transferring the sealed units from the pallet to the large container the employees right hand was below and it got smashed between two sealed units causing injury.
Injury or illness
Fracture to right index finger
Object or substance involved
Metal refrigerator compressor sealed units
Summary line
Fracture to right index finger smashed between two refrigerator compressor sealed units.
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
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 63
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 131,011
- EIN
- 930788493
- Establishment ID
- 477041
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- 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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