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OSHA Injury Report: Western Disposal Services

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Western Disposal Services in 5880 Butte Mill Rd, Boulder, CO 80301 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in refuse hauling, local.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Western Disposal Services
Parent company
Western Disposal Services
Street
5880 Butte Mill Rd
City
Boulder
State
CO
ZIP
80301
On-site location
Customer site on the street in front of house.

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was walking around the automated truck going back to the driver 's entry area.

What happened

[REDACTED] was walking back from retrieving his scale ticket to dump at the Ecocycle facility. As he was walking down the right side of the truck [REDACTED] reached up and grabbed the mirror bracket and stepped on the edge guard of the scale platform he slipped on the edge guard and his ring caught on a bolt on the mirror and he cut his hand. Palm was cut.

Injury or illness

Cut on right hand ring finger.

Object or substance involved

Finger was hung up on bolt on the driver 's side mirror.

Summary line

Walking around the truck he slipped on pipe rail and reached for the mirror bracket and caught his ring finger and cut the finger open.

Employee and industry

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Refuse hauling, local
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
173
Total hours worked
413239
EIN
840790541
Establishment ID
464708
Employer case #
10213049

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:40:00.000
Time of incident
16:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
12FEB24:19:31:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.