Sumter, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Attempting to use an air gun to loosen bolts and rings on a metal drum.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
contusion of the neck
Object or substance involved
An air hose
Summary line
Employee was hit in the neck with a hose when the air gun disconnected causing a whipping motion
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 19:05
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 29JAN2025:20:45:00
Source
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.