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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 utility 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
950 Commercial Drive, Richmond, KY 40475
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
53
Days restricted or transferred
7

[REDACTED] was a trainee on a front load truck ([REDACTED]). Trash had fallen onto the canopy while dumping an overloaded container. [REDACTED] used his reach pole to remove some of the trash from the top of the truck. The reach pole would not reach all of the trash so [REDACTED] climbed on top of the truck to remove the trash.

[REDACTED] was a trainee on a front load truck ([REDACTED]). Trash had fallen onto the canopy while dumping an overloaded container. [REDACTED] used his reach pole to remove some of the trash from the top of the truck. The reach pole would not reach all of the trash so [REDACTED] climbed on top of the truck to remove the trash. As [REDACTED] stepped onto the door at the top of the truck the door slid causing [REDACTED] to slip and hit his left ankle on a metal bar that is on top of the truck.

Blunt force trauma to the left ankle

Bar on truck

While dumping trash fell on the top of the truck. [REDACTED] tried to use his reach pole but could not get it. He climbed onto the truck and slipped hitting his ankle on a metal bar

Job description
Utility 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 #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
12:39
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:14:18:00

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.