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OSHA Injury Report: Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc. in 5400 Kauloosa Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc.
Parent company
dba Rumsey Environmental
Street
5400 Kauloosa Avenue
City
Tuscaloosa
State
AL
ZIP
35405
On-site location
hauling site yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Driver was strapping the roll off container down on the truck. a rat jumped out from under the box and scared him causing him to jump and hit his head on the under side of the container.

What happened

Driver was strapping the roll off container down on the truck. a rat jumped out from under the box and scared him causing him to jump and hit his head on the under side of the container.

Injury or illness

head laceration injury

Object or substance involved

cut by object

Summary line

Driver was strapping the roll off container down on the truck. a rat jumped out from under the box and scared him causing him to jump and hit his head on the under side of the container.

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
47
Total hours worked
120063
Establishment ID
1221547
Employer case #
1E01E06001

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:17:15:00

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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.