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OSHA Injury Report: S03144 - WM of Sarasota County

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at S03144 - WM of Sarasota County in 5221 SR 776, VENICE, FL 34293 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oPS Driver.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
S03144 - WM of Sarasota County
Parent company
WM
Street
5221 SR 776
City
VENICE
State
FL
ZIP
34293
On-site location
in front of resident address curbside residential MSW service

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Servicing HHG Bags curbside - loading them in the hopper manually

What happened

Driver was servicing residential customer had multiple containers and bags curbside after servicing the last bag felt a mild prick on his outer left calf muscle after clearing the hopper he saw needles in the hopper he immediately notified a RM

Injury or illness

Other - provide injury illness in incident description

Object or substance involved

Cont - Trash Rcy Materials - Needle Sharps

Summary line

Driver was servicing residential customer had multiple containers and bags curbside after servicing the last bag felt a mild prick on his outer left calf muscle after clearing the hopper he saw needles in the hopper he immediately notified a RM

Employee and industry

Job description
OPS Driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
232
Total hours worked
482120
EIN
591094518
Establishment ID
326109
Employer case #
185817 23

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Submitted
29FEB24:23:49:00

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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.