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OSHA Injury Report: Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc. in Youngstown, OH 44509 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer in garbage collection services.

Establishment
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Parent company
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Street
1025 Bundy Ave
City
Youngstown
State
OH
ZIP
44509
On-site location
Weld Shop at Ohio Valley Waste Service Lisbon Ohio.
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
49
Days restricted or transferred
131

I was on the ground walking beside the forklift & giving directions to the forklift driver.

My fellow employee was driving the forklift and carrying steel to bring it into the weld shop. I was walking on the ground on the right of the forklift. The forklift driver lowered the forks down to pull against the steel. The steel bounced backwards towards us & hit me in the right shoulder knocking me backwards. I fell on my left side hitting my head on the concrete floor.

Concusion and contusion of right shoulder

The sheet of steel hit my right shoulder and then I fell to the concrete on my left side hitting my head.

Concusion and contusion of right shoulder when steel hit shoulder and then fell to the floor hitting head.

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
272953
EIN
264205315
Establishment ID
47186
Employer case #
23-2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:00:53:00

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