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 Louisville, KY 40217 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- 300 Block of South Shawnee
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ee was servicing garbage route [REDACTED]
What happened
On [REDACTED] ee stated he was on [REDACTED] with driver and another coworker in truck #4522 in the [REDACTED]. While disposing a broken cart at [REDACTED] ee stated the something hit him in the forehead and sent him to the hospital. After further investigation by supervisor it was determined that the lift bar on the front of the damaged cart shot off the cart from the pressure of the hopper blade and hit ee in the head
Injury or illness
Contusion Bruise; Forehead; Falling object
Object or substance involved
Falling object
Summary line
Contusion Bruise; Forehead; Falling Object
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 #
- 4843
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:00:44:00
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.