Louisville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Rumpke - Louisville District Office and Transfer Station
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Rumpke - Louisville District Office and Transfer Station in 1101 W. Oak St., Louisville, KY 40210 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rear Load Truck Driver in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc
- Street
- 1101 W. Oak St.
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40210
- On-site location
- Alton Road, Louisville, KY 40207
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
Servicing customers trash manually by hand to throw loose trash bags and trash cans that do not have toter dumper attachments into the hopper of rear loader.
What happened
The driver reported that there were several customers along [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] community of [REDACTED] that had loose trash bags lying by the curb as well as small trash cans that did not have toter dumper attachments on them. As he was lifting the bags and cans to throw them into the hopper of the rear load truck he felt pain in upper abdominal region just below the sternum. He described it as a sharp pain but wanted to continue to finish his route and just try to take it easy and at a slower pace.
Injury or illness
Strain in abdomen
Object or substance involved
Lifting heavy awkward objects repetitively and with likely improper form and poor ergonomics.
Summary line
Driver reported to supervisor that he was experiencing abdominal pain after lifting some loose trash bags and cans. Driver did finish route and transported himself to Concentra Urgent Care for evaluation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Rear Load Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111: Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 199
- Total hours worked
- 442455
- EIN
- 310866537
- Establishment ID
- 113121
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 12:41
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 03FEB2025:18:17:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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