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OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-West District

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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).

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Walking into the treelimb to make a cut with a chainsaw.

[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.

Puncture; hand-left

sharp object

Puncture; hand-left; sharp object

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:20:44:00

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.