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 Tipper 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
- 1200 Block of Ellison Ave
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 27
Before the incident
ee was tipping recycling carts
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was on recycling [REDACTED] with driver and tipper in truck #4316. While servicing the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated he stepped down off the rear driver side riding step and stepped into a pothole. [REDACTED] fell to the ground and heard a pop: in his left ankle. [REDACTED] tried to lace his boots up tighten his boots up to k[REDACTED]p the swelling down and to finish the route but was unable to put any weight on his ankle. [REDACTED] and crew were all wearing proper PPE.
Injury or illness
Strain (muscle tendon); Ankle-Left; Slip Fall
Object or substance involved
Slip Fall
Summary line
Sprain (Ligament) Left Ankle; Slip Fall
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Tipper
- 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 #
- 4212
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 10:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:00:05:00
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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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