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 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was using the winch mounted on the rear of the truck to pull over heavy or stuck trash containers.
What happened
[REDACTED] was pulling a trash container to the rear of the trash truck with the cable winch when the trash container hooked the recycle container and pinned [REDACTED] against the trash truck. The switch on the trash truck got stuck and only when the recycle container came free of the trash container was [REDACTED] able to get free of the truck.
Injury or illness
Stuck up against truck by trash container.
Object or substance involved
Trash container and truck.
Summary line
Stuck between the truck and trash container while pulling a trash container with the wench.
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 #
- 10215920
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:20
- 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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