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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 fully Automatic Truck Driver 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
630 Meriwether Avenue
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
24
Days restricted or transferred
65

ee was servicing [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated he was driving truck [REDACTED] servicing recycling [REDACTED]. While driving on the route (not sure of the str[REDACTED]t when it occurred) [REDACTED] hit a big pothole and hurt his lower back. [REDACTED] called supervisor and told him he was injured and could not proc[REDACTED]d with his route. [REDACTED] said he was in excruciating pain and n[REDACTED]ded immediate medical attention. [REDACTED] was wearing all of his proper PPE.

Strain (muscle tendon); Back (muscles spine ...); Other

Other

Back (muscles Spine)

Job description
Fully Automatic Truck Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
117
Total hours worked
229846
EIN
320049006
Establishment ID
1533257
Employer case #
4258
Date of incident
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:00:15:00

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.