RIVERSIDE, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Evergreen Recycling, LLC - Riverside
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Evergreen Recycling, LLC - Riverside in 875 MICHIGAN AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92507 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Evergreen Recycling, LLC - Riverside
- Parent company
- Evergreen Recyling, LLC
- Street
- 875 MICHIGAN AVE
- City
- RIVERSIDE
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92507
- On-site location
- Extrusion Starlinger
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 30
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
EE was removing the heating elements at [REDACTED]
What happened
EE stated the heating elements were stuck together forced by whoever last secured them. The EE and another Maintenance Mechanic were bracing part of the heating element and striking it with a sledgehammer respectively. The mechanic accidentally struck the EE 's thumb with the sledge hammer.
Injury or illness
Fracture laceration
Object or substance involved
Sledge hammer
Summary line
EE was holding a rod coworker was using sledge hammer. EE 's right hand thumb was struck by hammer. Fracture and laceration to right hand thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326112: Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 133
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 261,371
- EIN
- 863577980
- Establishment ID
- 1221129
- Employer case #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:57
- Time of incident
- 10:11
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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