Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-West District
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-West District in Louisville, KY 40214 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was equipment Operator in asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-West District
- Parent company
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
- Street
- 617 Outer Loop
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40214
- On-site location
- 10300 Keys Ferry Road
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Walking into the treelimb to make a cut with a chainsaw.
What happened
[REDACTED] stated that the fallen tree needed to be cut in several locations before moving it with equipment. He approached it wearing PPE including leather work gloves when he moved in to the limb he stated that he was poked by a thorn in his left ring finger at the middle of his knuckle. [REDACTED] also stated that he removed a splinter at home [REDACTED] it 's experiencing terrible pain swelling redness and loss of movement in the fingers.
Injury or illness
Puncture; hand-left
Object or substance involved
sharp object
Summary line
Puncture; hand-left; sharp object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- NAICS code
- 237310 — Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 31
- Total hours worked
- 59892
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1522159
- Employer case #
- 3553
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:20:44:00
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.