Morganton, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Water/Wastewater Department
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Water/Wastewater Department in 100 Coulter St., Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Supervisor in water treatment and distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Water/Wastewater Department
- Parent company
- City of Morganton
- Street
- 100 Coulter St.
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- Water Treatment Plant
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Preparing for a chemical delivery to the Water Treatment Plant
What happened
The delivery person for the chemicals told the plant employees that it was a different chemical. By the time everyone realized what was going on some of the chemicals had already been installed into the system causing a chemical reaction. The Lab Supervisor stopped the delivery but inhaled some of the chemical mixture.
Injury or illness
Mild lung irritation
Object or substance involved
Chemical interaction at the delivery
Summary line
Lungs due to inhaling chemicals
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Supervisor
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water treatment and distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 39
- Total hours worked
- 76558
- EIN
- 566000234
- Establishment ID
- 223579
- Employer case #
- WTP-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 14:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14FEB2025:16:26:00
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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