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OSHA Injury Report: Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter in Sumter, SC 29150 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was drum Operator in hazardous waste disposal facilities.

Establishment
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Parent company
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Street
755 Industrial Road
City
Sumter
State
SC
ZIP
29150
On-site location
Lower Drum Dock
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Attempting to use an air gun to loosen bolts and rings on a metal drum.

As the employee was preparing to unload the 55 gallon drum he grabbed the air gun off one of the other drums and it burst splitting apart striking him in the neck on the left side.

contusion of the neck

An air hose

Employee was hit in the neck with a hose when the air gun disconnected causing a whipping motion

Job description
Drum Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste disposal facilities
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
93
Total hours worked
182363
Establishment ID
929409
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00
Time of incident
19:05
Filing year
2024
Submitted
29JAN2025:20:45:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.