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OSHA Injury Report: Metro Paint- Solid Waster Operations- Latex Paint Recycling

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Metro Paint- Solid Waster Operations- Latex Paint Recycling in Portland, OR 97217 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paint Operations Tech in hazardous waste collection services.

Establishment
Metro Paint- Solid Waster Operations- Latex Paint Recycling
Parent company
Metro
Street
4825 N Basin
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97217
On-site location
Processing room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Working sorting opening and processing recycled paint

Was using a 5 gallon metal bucket buster and upon using it the bucket buster slipped from the lid and hit worker in the head at full force

Forehead contusion

Bucket buster tool

Opening paint metal pry bar hit head causing contusion

Job description
Paint Operations Tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562112 — Hazardous waste collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
21
Total hours worked
33063
EIN
930636311
Establishment ID
575881
Employer case #
MP23-02
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:35:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:17:47:00

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.