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OSHA Injury Report: Willimantic Waste - Sprague

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Willimantic Waste - Sprague in 130 Inland Rd, SPRAGUE, CT 06330 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cDL driver in garbage collection services.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Willimantic Waste - Sprague
Street
130 Inland Rd
City
SPRAGUE
State
CT
ZIP
06330
On-site location
Customer location

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

Before the incident

Bending to pickup trash on ground from pulling compactor out with truck.

What happened

While picking up trash employee heard and felt a pop and crack in center of spine.

Injury or illness

Strained back

Object or substance involved

Ergonomics lifting techniques

Summary line

Pop & Crack in Center of Back

Employee and industry

Job description
CDL driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
80
Total hours worked
187407
Establishment ID
826743
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
7:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19FEB24:20:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.