Boulder, CO ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Disposal Services
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Disposal Services in 5880 Butte Mill Rd, Boulder, CO 80301 resulted in days away from work. Employee was 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was walking around the automated truck going back to the driver 's entry area.
What happened
[REDACTED] was walking back from retrieving his scale ticket to dump at the Ecocycle facility. As he was walking down the right side of the truck [REDACTED] reached up and grabbed the mirror bracket and stepped on the edge guard of the scale platform he slipped on the edge guard and his ring caught on a bolt on the mirror and he cut his hand. Palm was cut.
Injury or illness
Cut on right hand ring finger.
Object or substance involved
Finger was hung up on bolt on the driver 's side mirror.
Summary line
Walking around the truck he slipped on pipe rail and reached for the mirror bracket and caught his ring finger and cut the finger open.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- 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 #
- 10213049
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:40
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- 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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