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 fully Automatic Truck Driver 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
- 630 Meriwether Avenue
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 24
- Days restricted or transferred
- 65
Before the incident
ee was servicing [REDACTED]
What happened
[REDACTED] stated he was driving truck [REDACTED] servicing recycling [REDACTED]. While driving on the route (not sure of the str[REDACTED]t when it occurred) [REDACTED] hit a big pothole and hurt his lower back. [REDACTED] called supervisor and told him he was injured and could not proc[REDACTED]d with his route. [REDACTED] said he was in excruciating pain and n[REDACTED]ded immediate medical attention. [REDACTED] was wearing all of his proper PPE.
Injury or illness
Strain (muscle tendon); Back (muscles spine ...); Other
Object or substance involved
Other
Summary line
Back (muscles Spine)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fully Automatic Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 117
- Total hours worked
- 229846
- EIN
- 320049006
- Establishment ID
- 1533257
- Employer case #
- 4258
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:00:15:00
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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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