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

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

On , a respiratory condition at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-East District in Louisville, KY 40207 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was equipment Operator in asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk).

Establishment
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-East District
Parent company
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
Street
595 N Hubbards Lane
City
Louisville
State
KY
ZIP
40207
On-site location
263 Eiler Avenue
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

ee was opening the top doors on the asphalt hopper at the plant to apply a release agent with a sprayer to the body of the hopper for getting hot mix asphalt.

on [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] ee was at the asphalt plant at [REDACTED] with the asphalt hopper truck preparing to secure asphalt for the day. When she was applying diesel from a pump sprayer into the body of the asphalt hopper as a release agent the wind blew up causing the misted spray to fly back into her face mouth nose causing her to ingest a small amount of diesel spray into her lungs internally.

Chemical irritation; face nose respiratory system

chemicals

Chemical irritation; face nose respiratory system; chemicals

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
25
Total hours worked
50014
EIN
320049006
Establishment ID
1522854
Employer case #
3893
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:15:00

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.