Louisville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection in 630 Meriwether Ave, Louisville, KY 40217 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sanitation Tipper in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
- Street
- 630 Meriwether Ave
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40217
- On-site location
- 1700 Block of 17th Street
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ee was servicing garbage carts
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was on garbage route [REDACTED] with tipper and driver in truck #[REDACTED] servicing the [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] [REDACTED] said tipper grab the cart at [REDACTED] when a bag fell off the top of the cart [REDACTED] said he grabbed the bag by teh strings and it swung and hit his leg. A n[REDACTED]dle was sticking out of the bag and poked [REDACTED] left calf muscle. [REDACTED] immediately locked the truck hopper down and notified supervisor and manager. [REDACTED] was wearing all of his
Injury or illness
Puncture; Leg-Left; Needle Stick Sharp
Object or substance involved
Needle Stick Sharp
Summary line
Puncture; Let-Left; Needle Stick Sharp
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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 117
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 229,846
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1533257
- Employer case #
- 3877
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:02
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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