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 operator 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
- RO Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 58
Before the incident
Pouring caustic into a CIP tank
What happened
Employee took a deep breath and experienced throat irritation
Injury or illness
Chemical inhalation
Object or substance involved
Caustic soda vapors
Summary line
Employee wearing chemical goggles and gloves experienced irritation to the throat from caustic soda vapors while pouring into a mixing tank.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8031: Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- 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 #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- 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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