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
- 2400 Block of Wurtele St
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
Before the incident
ee was riding on the rear riding step of packer #4519
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was servicing garbage route [REDACTED] with tipper and driver in truck #4519 in the [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]. While trying to service a cart at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated he stepped off driver side rear riding step onto the wet grass. [REDACTED] said he twisted his left ankle and fell to the ground. [REDACTED] tried to continue the route but could not stand the pain so asked driver to bring him to the yard at [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] was wearing all proper PPE.
Injury or illness
Sprain (Ligament); Ankle-Left; Slip Fall
Object or substance involved
Slip Fall
Summary line
[REDACTED] (Ligament) Left Ankle; Slip Fell
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 #
- 4039
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 9:11
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:23:46:00
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.