Bellingham, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Whatcom Transportation Authority
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Whatcom Transportation Authority in 4011 Bakerview Spur, 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 the Bus
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 46
Before the incident
Driving the bus
What happened
Employee completed expediting training on [REDACTED] and sat for 2 hours then took a lunch. Employee started driving the bus around [REDACTED] after adjusting the seat and leaving a sharp pain when down lower right side of back right above hips. All night while driving the strain in lower back remained.
Injury or illness
Strain Sprain to back
Object or substance involved
repetitive motion of body
Summary line
Back pain while driving
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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 313
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 532,522
- EIN
- 911529029
- Establishment ID
- 1094456
- Employer case #
- BL70609
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:30
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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