Morganton, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Water/Wastewater Department
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Water/Wastewater Department in 100 Coulter St., Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in days away from work. Employee was distribution Collection Operator 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
- Sewer Outfalls
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 39
- Days restricted or transferred
- 33
Before the incident
cutting a fallen tree
What happened
The tree kicked back and struck him in the knee
Injury or illness
Knee arthroscopy due to medial meniscus tear
Object or substance involved
Tree
Summary line
While cleaning storm debris along our sewer outfalls he cut a tree that had fallen and the tree kicked back and struck him in the left knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Distribution Collection Operator
- 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 #
- DC-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:55
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14FEB2025:16:45:00
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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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