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OSHA Injury Report: Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government-Public Works SWMS-Solid Waste Collection
Injury · Other recordable case
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 other recordable case. 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
- 2673 Outer Loop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ee was training a new driver
What happened
ee was at the [REDACTED] landfill in truck #4499 with his trainee ee was showing trainee the proper way to dump the truck. While walking back to the cab of the truck ee stepped on a nail that was covered in dirt and debris. ee stated While training a driver i was teaching the mechanics of dumping at [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] stepped on a rusty nail (with his left foot). I cleaned up the affected area immediately with hand sanitizer then bandaged area with [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Puncture; Foot-Left; Needle Stick Sharp
Object or substance involved
Needle Stick Sharp
Summary line
Puncture; Foot-Left; Needle Stick Sharp
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 #
- 4949
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 0:00
- Time of incident
- 0:16
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:00:50:00
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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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