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OSHA Injury Report: Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc. in Youngstown, OH 44509 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Laborer in garbage collection services.

Establishment
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Parent company
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Street
1025 Bundy Ave
City
Youngstown
State
OH
ZIP
44509
On-site location
Ohio Valley Waste Service Inc. cut pad outside of Transfer Station Youngstown Ohio
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I was cutting up 95 gal trash carts. I was trying to get the metal bar that hooks to the cart dumper out with a hammer. The end metal piece flew up & hit me in right eye.

There is a metal piece that holds the metal bar in place & I hit it out with a hammer. The end piece flew up & hit me in the right eye.

Injury of conjunctiva & corneal abrasion of right eye.

Hitting the end metal piece with a hammer that holds the metal bar in place flew up & hit me in the right eye.

Injury of conjunctiva & corneal abrasion of right eye getting metal bar out of trash cart. Hit bar with hammer & metal piece flew up & into eye.

Job description
General Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
272953
EIN
264205315
Establishment ID
47186
Employer case #
23-10
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:23:40:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.