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OSHA Injury Report: Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter in Sumter, SC 29150 resulted in days away from work. Employee was hydropulper Operator in hazardous waste disposal facilities.

Establishment
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Parent company
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Street
755 Industrial Road
City
Sumter
State
SC
ZIP
29150
On-site location
Lower Drum Dock
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

Attempting to pull multiple drums on a conveyor.

The employee 's wrist was forced in the backwards position while moving 2-4 55-gallon drums on the conveyor.

Acute pain of the right wrist that resulted in surgery.

55-gallons drums

Employee was manually pushing drums on the conveyor and tore a ligament in his right wrist

Job description
Hydropulper Operator
SOC code
2666211 — Managers, All Other
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste disposal facilities
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
95
Total hours worked
177790
Establishment ID
929409
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:20:24:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.