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OSHA Injury Report: Rumpke Sanitary Landfill

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in 10795 Hughes Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45251 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was heavy Equipment Operator in sanitary landfills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rumpke Sanitary Landfill
Parent company
Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc
Street
10795 Hughes Rd.
City
Cincinnati
State
OH
ZIP
45251
On-site location
Landfill

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Cleaning debris from track

What happened

At the end of employee’s shift he was cleaning trash out from under the left steering cylinder on his trash compactor #85129 and a syringe needle went through the glove and poked into employee’s left hand palm area by thumb.

Injury or illness

Puncture to left hand

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

At the end of employee’s shift he was cleaning trash out from under the left steering cylinder on his trash compactor #85129 and a syringe needle went through the glove and poked into employee’s left hand palm area by thumb.

Employee and industry

Job description
Heavy Equipment Operator
SOC code
47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
NAICS code
562212 — Sanitary landfills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
117
Total hours worked
294859
EIN
310814745
Establishment ID
109569
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:04:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:14:56:00

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Source

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