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OSHA Injury Report: Elledge Wastewater

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Elledge Wastewater in Winston-Salem, NC 27103 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wWTP operator in sewage treatment plants or facilities.

Establishment
Elledge Wastewater
Parent company
City of Winston Salem
Street
2801 Griffith Rd
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
ZIP
27103
On-site location
digester building
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
55

ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE RECIRCULATION VALVE

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE RECIRCULATION VALVE WHICH WAS STUCK I PULLED ON THE VALVE WITH ALL MY WEIGHT. THE VALVE BROKE FREE I SLIPPED AND MY LEFT ARM GOT ENTANGLED IN THE CHAIN AT THE WRIST.

wrist injury

a chain

shoulder injury due to fall

Job description
WWTP operator
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221320 — Sewage treatment plants or facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
20
Total hours worked
41600
EIN
566000241
Establishment ID
541135
Employer case #
23-0276
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
02JAN24:19:45:00

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.