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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 sweat Furnace 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
Sweat Furnace Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
75
Days restricted or transferred
55

Scooping light weight aluminum scrap (debris garbage) off top of hot sow with light weight strainer pole.

Worker twisted arm to empty light aluminum debris from strainer and felt pop in wrist.

Injury - strain of the right wrist.

Emptying light aluminum debris from strainer by turning the strainer to dump on work table.

Injury- right wrist pain when using a light strainer to remove light aluminum scrap from top of sow.

Job description
Sweat Furnace
SOC code
51-9051 — Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
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 #
14
Date of incident
Shift started
15:20:00.000
Time of incident
20:20:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:12:46:00

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.