Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
2,098,129Injury reports 132,232Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31

Homewood, IL —

OSHA Injury Report: Homewood Disposal - Homewood

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Homewood Disposal - Homewood in 1501 W. 175TH ST., Homewood, IL 60430 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Watch Homewood Disposal - Homewood — free Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Homewood Disposal - Homewood is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Homewood Disposal - Homewood
Parent company
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.
Street
1501 W. 175TH ST.
City
Homewood
State
IL
ZIP
60430
On-site location
On route.

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Employee was removing bag from the top of the dumpster.

What happened

Employee punctured himself with a loose needle through the bag.

Injury or illness

Left middle finger puncture.

Object or substance involved

Contact with hypodermic needle.

Summary line

Employee removed a bag off the top of dumpster with a loose needle that poked through puncturing him.

Employee and industry

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
139
Total hours worked
291856
EIN
363519935
Establishment ID
156488
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03MAR2025:04:30:00

More injuries at Homewood Disposal - Homewood

View Homewood Disposal - Homewood's full OSHA safety record →

More injuries in this industry (NAICS 562111)

More injuries in IL

MATTESON, IL—

WM 6504

GLEN CARBON, IL—

WM 4878

COLLINSVILLE, IL—

WM 361

BELLEVILLE, IL—

WM 201

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.