Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection in Louisville, KY 40217 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sanitation Tipper in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
- Parent company
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
- Street
- 630 Meriwether Ave
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40217
- On-site location
- 4217 Cutliff Dr
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was servicing yard waste route [REDACTED]
What happened
ee stated he was on [REDACTED] with tipper and driver in truck 34302. While at [REDACTED] ee stated he got off the driver side riding step to service a can ee was unaware that the can was too heavy and when he tried to lift the can he hurt the upper part of his back. ee stated he had on all of his proper PPE. The incident got reported when the crew shut down the route and came to the yard.
Injury or illness
Strain (muscle tendon; Back (muscles spine ...); Heavy Object
Object or substance involved
Heavy Object
Summary line
Strain (muscle tendon); Back (muscles spine ...); Heavy Object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Tipper
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 117
- Total hours worked
- 229846
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1533257
- Employer case #
- 3679
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 0:00
- Time of incident
- 7:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:21:54:00
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.