Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection in 630 Meriwether Ave, Louisville, KY 40217 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitation Tipperr in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government
- Street
- 630 Meriwether Ave
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40217
- On-site location
- 1100 block of Central Ave
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
ee was servicing recycle route #17
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was on recycling [REDACTED] with driver and CDL tipper serving the [REDACTED] in truck #4327. As [REDACTED] was stepping on the driver side riding step he hit his left kn[REDACTED] on the side of the truck causing swelling and bruising kicked in. [REDACTED] stated he continued the route for another 2 hrs before the unbearable pain kicked in and he asked driver to take him to the yard for treatment. [REDACTED] was wearing all his PPE.
Injury or illness
Contusion Bruise; Knee-Left; Equipment
Object or substance involved
Equipment
Summary line
Other; Knee-Left; Equipment
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Tipperr
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 117
- Total hours worked
- 229846
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1533257
- Employer case #
- 3782
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:22:59:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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