OSHA Injury Report: COIT_1377733

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

pulling trash

What happened

At [REDACTED] employee was coming out of the building to back porch to pull trash out of two cans outside and to pick trash up in yard and parking lot. She pulled the trash and picked up trash. She started back to back porch pushing the trash can that was really full. She pushed the lighter one ahead first. At the crease in the sidewalk the trash can hit it and began to tilt forward. She went around the side grabed it couldn 't pull itso went to front to push it backwards to stand it up. As she did this she felt a pain in her wrist like a pop so the trash went down. She picked trah up piece by piece and came inside. She didn 't see the swelling until she got inside because it was dark. When she saw Supervisor Calloway she reported to him.

Injury or illness

Wrist-Left- Sprain Strain Twist

Object or substance involved

trash can

Summary line

Employee stated she waas pushing a trash can up the slope from parking lot to patio area when trash can began to fall forward employee said they went to push trash can back up and felt a pop in left wrist.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.