Bellingham, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Whatcom Transportation Authority
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, WA 98226 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transit Operator in bus line, local (except mixed mode).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Parent company
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Street
- 4011 Bakerview Spur
- City
- Bellingham
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98226
- On-site location
- on bus street traffic accident
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
Before the incident
Employee was operating bus - on route
What happened
Employee was driving the bus thru the [REDACTED] & [REDACTED] intersection when another vehicle collided with the front driver side of the bus causing the employee to hit the side body and head on side window. Employee was knocked unconscious and bus collided head on with a gas pump causing the employee to be thrown forward against steering wheel causing additional trauma to body.
Injury or illness
Multiple including concussion entire body aches and painss difficulty closing jaw significant discomfort in back thigh shoulder & minor abrasions on hands
Object or substance involved
side window & steering wheel (caused by other vehicle colliding with bus)
Summary line
Traffic Collision
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Transit Operator
- SOC code
- 53-3052 — Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- NAICS code
- 485113 — Bus line, local (except mixed mode)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 301
- Total hours worked
- 521421
- EIN
- 911529029
- Establishment ID
- 1094456
- Employer case #
- BL76927
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 11:06:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:53:00.000
- Submitted
- 31JAN24:20:42:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.