Columbus, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Rumpke - Columbus OH District Office & Hauling Operations
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rumpke - Columbus OH District Office & Hauling Operations in Columbus, OH 43201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was front Load Truck Driver in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rumpke - Columbus OH District Office & Hauling Operations
- Parent company
- Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc
- Street
- 1191 Fields Ave
- City
- Columbus
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43201
- On-site location
- 4239 London Groveport Road, Grove City, OH 43123
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
grabbing debris inside the packer body of the truck.
What happened
After dumping his load at the landfill he proceeded to clean behind the packer blade. During the clean-out process he noticed a black trash bag wedged between the cylinder and the bulkhead of the packer body. He attempted to remove the debris using a shovel but the bag could not be dislodged. He then attempted to pull the bag by hand while wearing gloves. During this attempt an unknown object inside the bag punctured his left middle finger causing the injury.
Injury or illness
Left middle finger puncture
Object or substance involved
Needle or sharp object
Summary line
Driver was at the landfill cleaning out behind the packer blade after dumping the load. He stated he grabbed a garbage bag with medical tubing to toss it out from behind the packer blade and felt that he got stuck with a sharp item.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Front Load Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 424
- Total hours worked
- 887341
- EIN
- 311617612
- Establishment ID
- 109242
- Employer case #
- 38
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 10:44
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16FEB26:17:30:00
Source
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.