Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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 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
- 600 Block of Wataga Drive
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 59
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was servicing yard waste route [REDACTED]
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was in truck #4324 with driver and tipper servicing yard waste [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] stated that he was servicing a resident that had yard waste bags as he was tossing the bags into the hopper 1 of the bags begin to fall out. ee tried to catch the bag at the same time he was atempting to step on the driver side rear riding step. ee 's foot missed and he hit his knee on the step lost control of and fell. When ee fell he hit his head on the ground scraped both
Injury or illness
Multiple Injuries; Back (muscles spine ...) Elbow-Both Head (Skull) Leg-Both; Slip Fall
Object or substance involved
Slip Fall
Summary line
Multiple Injuries; Back (muscles spine ...) Elbow-Both Head (Skull) Leg-Both; Slip Fall
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 #
- 3998
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 9:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:23:40:00
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.