Lynchburg, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Lynchburg Public Works Refuse Division
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Lynchburg Public Works Refuse Division in Lynchburg, VA 24501 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refuse Associate in waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- City of Lynchburg Public Works Refuse Division
- Parent company
- City of Lynchburg, Public Works Department
- Street
- Concord Turnpike
- City
- Lynchburg
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24501
- On-site location
- 4619 Latham St. Lynchburg VA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Dumping a trash cart into garbage refuse truck and compacting trash
What happened
After dumping a trash cart into rear loader garbage trash truck and beginning to compact what was dumped a glass bottle reechoed from the compactor and hit right eye cutting eye lid.
Injury or illness
Right eye lid cut requiring sutures stitches to close wound.
Object or substance involved
Glass bottle.
Summary line
While compacting trash in truck a glass bottle reechoed from the compactor and hit right eye cutting eye lid.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Refuse Associate
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 36
- Total hours worked
- 75232
- Establishment ID
- 229740
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 21FEB24:19:07:00
Source
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.