Chapel Hill, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Orange County - Solid Waste Management
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Orange County - Solid Waste Management in 1207 Eubanks rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516 resulted in days away from work. Employee was convience Center Operator in waste management program administration.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Orange County - Solid Waste Management
- Parent company
- Orange County Government
- Street
- 1207 Eubanks rd.
- City
- Chapel Hill
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27516
- On-site location
- Eubanks Road Waste Recycling Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 51
Before the incident
Attempting to get warm by going over to the outdoor heater
What happened
Employee was getting warm next to the outdoor propane Mr. [REDACTED]. Employee got to close to the heater and his clothes caught on fire. He attempted to remove his clothes but was not able to remove fast enough before injuries occurred.
Injury or illness
3rd degree burns to leg
Object or substance involved
Outdoor propane heater.
Summary line
3rd degree burn from getting to close to heater which caught clothes on fire
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Convience Center Operator
- SOC code
- Nov-99 — Managers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 924110 — Waste management program administration
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 130
- Total hours worked
- 169038
- EIN
- 566000327
- Establishment ID
- 1129238
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 17:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 03FEB2025:14:34:00
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Source
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.
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