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OSHA Injury Report: Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc. in 1025 Bundy Ave, Youngstown, OH 44509 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was transfer Station Helper in garbage collection services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Parent company
Ohio Valley Waste Services, Inc.
Street
1025 Bundy Ave
City
Youngstown
State
OH
ZIP
44509
On-site location
Ohio Valley Waste Service Inc. Transfer Station Youngstown Ohio

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
54

Before the incident

I was walking down the side of a trailer and unhooking the bungie straps that were holding the tarp down on top of the trailer.

What happened

I was walking down the side of a trailer & unhooking the bungy straps. There is a gap in the short wall. I didn 't realize I was at the gap in the wall and my left leg fell off the wall & my right knee hit the wall.

Injury or illness

Contusion right knee.

Object or substance involved

As I was walking down the side of the trailer & unhooking the bungie straps that hold the tarp on top of the trailer I didn 't realize I was at the gap in the wall & my left leg fell off the wall & my right knee hit the wall.

Summary line

Contusion of right knee from walking on short wall unhooking bungie straps on the trailer. Didn 't realize I was at the gap in the wall & my left leg fell off the wall & my right knee hit the wall.

Employee and industry

Job description
Transfer Station Helper
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
272953
EIN
264205315
Establishment ID
47186
Employer case #
23-9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:50:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:23:20:00

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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.