PRINCETON, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Virginia Recycling, Inc. in 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd, PRINCETON, WV 24740 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general Labor in scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
- Parent company
- West Virginia Recycling, Inc.
- Street
- 951 Virginian Industrial Park Rd
- City
- PRINCETON
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 24740
- On-site location
- RWV Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 35
- Days restricted or transferred
- 55
Before the incident
Assisting a customer unload a trailer of scrap metal.
What happened
The last piece was a metal cabinet. After unloading the cabinet employee pushed it over to lay flat. As the cabinet was falling to the ground it collided with another piece of scrap metal spinning the cabinet and hitting the employee on the right knee leg.
Injury or illness
Abrasion bruise on right knee leg.
Object or substance involved
Metal Cabinet
Summary line
Abrasion bruise on right knee calf after being hit with scrap metal cabinet.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423930: Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 83
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 198,769
- Establishment ID
- 449711
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-24
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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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