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
- 1200 Block of S. 4th St
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
ee was servicing garbage route [REDACTED]
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was on garbage route [REDACTED] with driver and tipper in truck #4303. As the crew was servicing the [REDACTED] stepped into an exposed swear drain at [REDACTED] stated he was walking sideways catching cans that the other tipper was tossing him (after being emptied). After the 3rd can [REDACTED] said he fell in the drain. [REDACTED] stated his left leg went all the way down in the drain and he braced hi9s self with his left arm and right
Injury or illness
Other; Leg-Left; Slip Fall
Object or substance involved
Slip Fall
Summary line
Slip Fall Left Leg
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 #
- 4100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:23:50:00
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.