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OSHA Injury Report: Far West Recycling - Hillsboro

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Far West Recycling - Hillsboro in HILLSBORO, OR 97123 resulted in days away from work. Employee was metal Buying assistant in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
51

moving refrigerator compressor sealed units from a pallet into a large container

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.

Fracture to right index finger

Metal refrigerator compressor sealed units

Fracture to right index finger smashed between two refrigerator compressor sealed units.

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
Avg employees
63
Total hours worked
131011
EIN
930788493
Establishment ID
477041
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:15:00.000
Submitted
07FEB24:22:34:00

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.