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OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection in Louisville, KY 40217 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitation Tipperr in garbage collection services.

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
1100 block of Central Ave
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

ee was servicing recycle route #17

[REDACTED] stated he was on recycling [REDACTED] with driver and CDL tipper serving the [REDACTED] in truck #4327. As [REDACTED] was stepping on the driver side riding step he hit his left kn[REDACTED] on the side of the truck causing swelling and bruising kicked in. [REDACTED] stated he continued the route for another 2 hrs before the unbearable pain kicked in and he asked driver to take him to the yard for treatment. [REDACTED] was wearing all his PPE.

Contusion Bruise; Knee-Left; Equipment

Equipment

Other; Knee-Left; Equipment

Job description
Sanitation Tipperr
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 #
3782
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:22:59:00

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.