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OSHA Injury Report: Rumpke - Mt. Sterling, KY District Office

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Rumpke - Mt. Sterling, KY District Office in Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rear Load Truck Driver in garbage collection services.

Establishment
Rumpke - Mt. Sterling, KY District Office
Parent company
Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc
Street
268 Midland Trail
City
Mt. Sterling
State
KY
ZIP
40353
On-site location
441 Escondida Road, Paris, KY 40361
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

The employee moving the rear load container to align it with the rear load truck.

The employee backed the rear load garbage truck #81457 up to empty the rear load container. The truck was not aligned properly so the employee began pushing the container to align it with the hopper of the truck. The employee felt a pinch in the upper back.

Upper back strain

Ergonomics pushing too container that is too heavy

Strain Back (Upper)The employee backed the rear load garbage truck #81457 up to empty the rear load container. The truck was not aligned properly so the employee began pushing the container to align it with the hopper of the truck. The employee felt a p

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
137
Total hours worked
318794
EIN
310866537
Establishment ID
113119
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
12:36
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:13:52:00

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.