OSHA has inspected Ecovery, LLC 7 times in Alabama since 2014.
The latest one began on May 21, 2025 on a referral, in Loxley.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 16 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $37,694 and now stand at $24,855, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 12 items under 1910.146.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and Ecovery, LLC averages $5,026 (4 cited inspections).
Ecovery, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 6 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company26320 Railroad Avenue, Loxley, AL 36551 · Materials Recovery Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $7,236 | $4,342 | Nov 5, 2025 | Final |
26320 Railroad Avenue, Loxley, AL 36551 · Materials Recovery Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(i) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA |
Other-than-serious | $1,763 | $1,763 | Aug 27, 2024 | Final |
26320 Railroad Avenue, Loxley, AL 36551 · Materials Recovery Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
26320 Railroad Ave., Loxley, AL 36551 · Materials Recovery Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 5, 2020: Employee amputates fingertips in blades
At 12:30 a.m. on May 5, 2020, the employee heard a noise coming from the Robi dust collection system and went to investigate. The employee used his right hand to sweep the top of the dust pile buildup, to knock it down. The employee conducted the work without turning off the machine and made contact with rotating paddle blades just inside the discharge chute. The employee suffered an amputation of the tips (just below the fingernail) of his right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $8,675 | $5,000 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1d 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(5) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1e 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(6) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1f 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(7) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1g 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(8) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1h 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(9) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1i 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(10) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1j 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(11) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1k 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(13) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1l 29 CFR 1910.146(g)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $12,145 | $9,000 | Oct 6, 2020 | Final |
26320 Railroad Avenue, Loxley, AL 36551 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i) · Sanitation |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 23, 2017 | Final |
26320 Railroad Road., Loxley, AL 36551 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1) · Lead in general industry |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 31, 2014 | Final |
26320 Railroad Avenue, Loxley, AL 36551 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $4,900 | $2,375 | Oct 31, 2014 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $2,975 | $2,375 | Oct 31, 2014 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Loxley site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 125 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 213 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecovery, LLC Loxley · 2021 | 125 | 9 | 4 | 7.1 | 1.0 |
| Ecovery Loxley · 2020 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 10.5 | 1.0 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 6 reports on file.
May 12, 2025, Loxley: Hospitalization · thermal burns third degree or higher · foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified
An employee was skimming slag out of molten aluminum with a shovel. The molten aluminum "popped" and landed on the employee's leg before falling down to his foot. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right foot.
Jul 27, 2024, Loxley: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations involving bone loss · toes(s), toenail(s)
The shredder machine jammed. An employee stopped the machine and locked it out. When the employee unjammed the blade using his foot, it rotated and the blade sliced the employee's left foot resulting in toe amputations.
Apr 6, 2023, Loxley: Hospitalization · open wounds, unspecified · abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee was working on a shredder. He used a hammer to remove a pin when a metal piece flew into his abdomen.
Aug 15, 2022, Loxley: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, n.e.c. · body systems
An employee was helping with a melting pot at a pit. The employee became ill and was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration caused by the heat from the melting pot. The incident occurred during a training activity.
Nov 20, 2020, Loxley: Hospitalization · other burns, unspecified · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was changing out the propane bottle on a forklift. As he was connecting the line to the bottle, it started to spray propane onto his left hand. He suffered freezer burns to the thumb, index finger, and middle finger and was hospitalized.
May 5, 2020, Loxley: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to clear debris that was causing noise in a machine's dust collection system. His hand was inside the discharge chute when the dust collection blades partially amputated his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers at the first joint past the nail.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(i)
(a) Basic requirements—(1) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. (i) If your establishment had 20-249 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.
29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1)
(h) Housekeeping—(1) Surfaces. All surfaces shall be maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i)
(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.