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OSHA Injury Report: River Valley Recycling, LLC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at River Valley Recycling, LLC in Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Disassembly in recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Parent company
River Valley Recycling, LLC
Street
288
City
Kankakee
State
IL
ZIP
60901
On-site location
Production Disassembly Line
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
130
Days restricted or transferred
28

Worker was disassembling an engine.

Worker was disassembling an engine and hit a hammer with such force it caused small metal piece to break off and embedded into his left thumb palm area.

Foreign object embedded in the left palm (thumb) area.

Small metal part that broke off engine during disassembly and force worker used caused the piece to be embedded in hand through glove.

Injury - left palm foreign object embedded

Job description
Production Disassembly
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
423930 — Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
182
Total hours worked
393598
EIN
364617633
Establishment ID
1090735
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:40:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:20:46:00

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.