Vernon, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: rPlanetEarth
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at rPlanetEarth in Vernon, CA 97007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sorter in cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- rPlanetEarth
- Parent company
- rPlanetEarth
- Street
- 5300 South Boyle Ave
- City
- Vernon
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 97007
- On-site location
- Recycling - Sorting & Grinding
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
Sorting On Station #2 at MAX AI
What happened
Sorting employee injured himself when repeatedly dumping an overfilled trash bin at sorting station #2.
Injury or illness
Strained right side of body when dumping trash bin.
Object or substance involved
Overfilled trash bin.
Summary line
Employee was lifting an overfilled trash bin repeatedly and during one lift heard a loud pop on his right side.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sorter
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 170
- Total hours worked
- 453553
- EIN
- 352540028
- Establishment ID
- 1146764
- Employer case #
- 2023-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 21FEB24:21:17:00
Source
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.