Sterling Heights, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: GFL Environmental Sterling Heights
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GFL Environmental Sterling Heights in Sterling Heights, MI 48313 resulted in days away from work. Employee was loader in solid Waste Collection.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GFL Environmental Sterling Heights
- Parent company
- GFL Environmental USA Inc
- Street
- 6200 Elmridge
- City
- Sterling Heights
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 48313
- On-site location
- On Route
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee had just finished loading a bed frame into the truck hopper
What happened
As the bed frame was being compacted a piece of the frame projected out of the hopper causing the employee to jump backward into the side a vehicle that was passing the truck.
Injury or illness
Sore body
Object or substance involved
Projectile (piece of wood) and third-party vehicle
Summary line
Sore body after being hit by projectile then fell backward into passing vehicle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Loader
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Solid Waste Collection
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 382
- Total hours worked
- 505607
- EIN
- 460769267
- Establishment ID
- 1030461
- Employer case #
- 37170
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:13:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.