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OSHA Injury Report: Waste Connections of Tennessee

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Waste Connections of Tennessee in 621 Brooks Road East, Memphis, TN 38116 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Waste Connections of Tennessee
Parent company
Waste Connections of Tennessee
Street
621 Brooks Road East
City
Memphis
State
TN
ZIP
38116
On-site location
landfill

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10
Days restricted or transferred
170

Before the incident

driver was opening a door to an open-top dumpster and a pallet fell out and struck his mouth.

What happened

driver was opening a door to an open-top dumpster and a pallet fell out and struck his mouth.

Injury or illness

driver was opening a door to an open-top dumpster and a pallet fell out and struck his mouth.

Object or substance involved

pallet

Summary line

Driver opened door to open-top and pallet fell out and hit him in mouth

Employee and industry

Job description
driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
155
Total hours worked
432044
Establishment ID
1220892
Employer case #
1M01M01289

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
1:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02MAR24:04:44:00

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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.