Taft, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Kern Water District
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Kern Water District in 800 Kern St, Taft, CA 93268 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in water distribution (except irrigation).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Kern Water District
- Parent company
- West Kern Water District
- Street
- 800 Kern St
- City
- Taft
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93268
- On-site location
- While driving to Maricopa Tank and Pumping Station on Highway 33 in Maricopa, CA 93252
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Driving west on [REDACTED] towards the [REDACTED].
What happened
A vehicle crossing [REDACTED] from a side street hit the District Vehicle causing it to hit an embankment and skid across the Highway onto the shoulder of the [REDACTED] lane. Struck the driver side window with left wrist and head - causing whiplash to his neck shoulders and back.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle fascia and tendon of neck right and left shoulders and upper arms lower back left wrist and left hand.
Object or substance involved
Person injured in motor-vehicle accident traffic driving related incident.
Summary line
Strain of muscle fascia and tendon of Neck left and right shoulders and lower back -MV Accident
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8031: Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water distribution (except irrigation)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 42
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 72,190
- EIN
- 956006358
- Establishment ID
- 370055
- Employer case #
- 24-176707
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 13:04
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-06
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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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