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OSHA Injury Report: Chollas - Public Utilities

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Chollas - Public Utilities in San Diego, CA 92105 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.

Establishment
Chollas - Public Utilities
Parent company
City of San Diego
Street
2797 Caminito Chollas
City
San Diego
State
CA
ZIP
92105
On-site location
1518 bridgeview dr
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
126

The employee was in a trench shoveling dirt to expose the water main pipe for repair.

While the employee was in the trench shoveling dirt he hit a tree root with the shovel and caused a hard jolt to the right shoulder causing pain.

sharp pain in the right shoulder from hitting the tree root with the shovel

The unexposed tree root was the cause of the injury to the right shoulder.

digging out trench with shovel causing shoulder and arm pain in right arm

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
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 #
113
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12MAR2025:15:33:00

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.