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OSHA Injury Report: Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter in 755 Industrial Road, Sumter, SC 29150 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sample Technician in hazardous waste disposal facilities.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Parent company
Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter
Street
755 Industrial Road
City
Sumter
State
SC
ZIP
29150
On-site location
Non-hazardous Processing Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
165

Before the incident

Moving a drum

What happened

The employee was turning a drum not realizing the drum was lighter than anticipated and turned too quickly

Injury or illness

Acute midline low back pain without sciatica

Object or substance involved

Drum of non-hazardous material

Summary line

Sprained back when turning a drum

Employee and industry

Job description
Sample Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562211 — Hazardous waste disposal facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
91
Total hours worked
192732
Establishment ID
929409
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:21:32:00

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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.