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OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was water Maintenance Worker I in water treatment and distribution.

Establishment
City of Asheville Water Department
Parent company
City of Asheville
Street
PO BOX 7148
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28802
On-site location
Leak - 15 Looking Glass Ln
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning pipe to prepare it for a wrap repairing a water line leak

moved foot off break and sprayed them in the ear

Right Otitis Externa

Water

While working to prep a leaking water line for a wrap water sprayed him in the right ear which developed into an ear infection prescription needed.

Job description
Water Maintenance Worker I
SOC code
49-9012 — Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
165
Total hours worked
286146
EIN
566000224
Establishment ID
805195
Employer case #
26
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
31JAN2025:20:29:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.