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OSHA Injury Report: GFL Environmental Sterling Heights

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Employee had just finished loading a bed frame into the truck hopper

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.

Sore body

Projectile (piece of wood) and third-party vehicle

Sore body after being hit by projectile then fell backward into passing vehicle

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:13:22:00

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.