Boulder, CO ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Disposal Services
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Disposal Services in 5880 Butte Mill Rd, Boulder, CO 80301 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was route Foreman Driver in refuse hauling, local.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Disposal Services
- Parent company
- Western Disposal Services
- Street
- 5880 Butte Mill Rd
- City
- Boulder
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80301
- On-site location
- Customer site on the street in front of house.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Dumping trash containers.
What happened
Pushing and pulling a trash container to rear of the trash truck and [REDACTED] 's hand was on the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] channel and was smashed between the truck and the trash container.
Injury or illness
Cut to left middle finger.
Object or substance involved
Metal trash container hitting rear of trash truck with the finger between the container and the trash truck.
Summary line
Cut on middle finger hit while moving a metal trash can to the rear of a trash truck.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Route Foreman Driver
- SOC code
- 53-1049: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 562111: Refuse hauling, local
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 173
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 413,239
- EIN
- 840790541
- Establishment ID
- 464708
- Employer case #
- 10185453
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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