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OSHA Injury Report: rPlanetEarth

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at rPlanetEarth in Vernon, CA 97007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handler in cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing.

Establishment
rPlanetEarth
Parent company
rPlanetEarth
Street
5300 South Boyle Ave
City
Vernon
State
CA
ZIP
97007
On-site location
Recycling-Sorting & Grinding
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Cutting bale wires.

Employee stated they were feeding the wire cables into the wire chopper and one of the wire cable was caught on her chap (PPE). The wire cable pulled her leg causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

Fall Injury - Right Elbow

Concrete floor.

Employee stated she was feeding the wire cables into the wire chopper and one of the wire cable was caught on her chap (PPE). The wire cable pulled her leg causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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 #
2023-16
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:10:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:23:32:00

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.