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

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works Roads-East District in Louisville, KY 40207 resulted in days away from work. Employee was crew Leaderr 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
595 N Hubbards Lane
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
28

[REDACTED] was standing at the rear of tandem dump truck IBM [REDACTED] helping with removal of the tailgate to install a brine bucket in the bed. He was getting ready to grab a support chain to hook up the tailgate to the loader bucket.

On [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was assisting crew with removal of tailgate from tandem aspalt truck IBM [REDACTED] for installation of a brine tank into the bed. While at the rear of the truck he was attempting to grab a chain to help hook up onto the loader bucket for removal. The tailgate became unattached from the truck and f[REDACTED]l strking another [REDACTED] in the head body legs. [REDACTED] was knocked down and his legs became pinned by the tailgate. Several [REDACTED] 's came to his aid and pushed the tailgate off of him.

Fracture; back (muscles spine ...)

fallen object

Fracture; back (muscles spine ...); fallen object

Job description
Crew Leaderr
SOC code
47-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Wo
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 #
4872
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
19:07
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:41:00

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.