San Diego, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Chollas - Public Utilities
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Chollas - Public Utilities in San Diego, CA 92105 resulted in days away from work. Employee was water Sys Tech in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chollas - Public Utilities
- Parent company
- City of San Diego
- Street
- 2797 Caminito Chollas
- City
- San Diego
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92105
- On-site location
- 935 University Ave by the 163 freeway entrance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
The employee was prepping fire hydrants for painting.
What happened
The employee was using a power washer to wash and prep a fire hydrant for paint. Some of the dirty water splashed onto his face and went into his eye. The following day his eye was infected.
Injury or illness
Eye infection.
Object or substance involved
Splash back from the pressure washer.
Summary line
was power washing a fire hydrant to prep it for paint Some of the dirty water splashed on his face and water went inside his eye The following day his eye got infected
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Water Sys Tech
- SOC code
- 51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221320 — Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 454
- Total hours worked
- 876220
- EIN
- 956000776
- Establishment ID
- 364069
- Employer case #
- 98
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 12MAR2025:15:33:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.