Fountain Valley, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Orange County Water District
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Orange County Water District in 18700 Ward St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech Grade III in water treatment plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Orange County Water District
- Parent company
- Orange County Water District
- Street
- 18700 Ward St
- City
- Fountain Valley
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92708
- On-site location
- Lime Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 45
Before the incident
Employee was using a hose to clean the lime residue
What happened
Employee wore rubber boots rubber gloves safety glasses and hard hat. He inserted his work pants into the boots. While hosing the area the lime slurry seeped unto the back of his pants and caused irritation to his calf area
Injury or illness
Alkaline burn
Object or substance involved
Lime slurry
Summary line
Employee sustained lime alkaline burns on the back of his legs. The lime water mixture seeped in between his rubber boots and clothing while rinsing away lime scale debris.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech Grade III
- SOC code
- 49-9012: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water treatment plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 259
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 439,640
- EIN
- 956002277
- Establishment ID
- 404030
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-04
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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