Louisville, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Water Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Water Company in 550 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40202 resulted in days away from work. Employee was emergency Turner in water treatment and distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Louisville Water Company
- Parent company
- Louisville Water Company
- Street
- 550 S 3rd St
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40202
- On-site location
- 4605 Cherry Forrest Circle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Doing a pressure test on a fire hydrant
What happened
Employee verified one cap was tight and screwed pressure tester on the other cap. When employee opened the hydrant the first cap blew off hitting him in the arm
Injury or illness
right arm contusion
Object or substance involved
hydrant cap
Summary line
Right Arm Contusion from fire hydrant
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Emergency Turner
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water treatment and distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 452
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 968,563
- EIN
- 45856018
- Establishment ID
- 735036
- Employer case #
- 2308
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 14:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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