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 equipment 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
- Transmission & Distribution Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Close Contact with Covid Positive Case
What happened
Developed symptoms and became ill within 2 days of close contact at work
Injury or illness
Injury Illness - Presumable Contracted COVID-19 after Close Contact with COVID -19 positive while at work.
Object or substance involved
Employee who tested positive for COVID-19 within 72 hours of being at work and in close contact with employee
Summary line
COVID-19 Lungs Respiratory COVID-19
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8031: Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water distribution (except irrigation)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 42
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 88,440
- EIN
- 956006358
- Establishment ID
- 370055
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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