Rancho Santa Margarita, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Santa Margarita Water District
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Santa Margarita Water District in 26111 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 resulted in days away from work. Employee was meter Reader in water distribution for irrigation.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Santa Margarita Water District
- Parent company
- Santa Margarita Water District
- Street
- 26111 Antonio Parkway
- City
- Rancho Santa Margarita
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92688
- On-site location
- Street in District service area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 113
Before the incident
Out in field reading meters.
What happened
The employee was inspecting an underground irrigation meter box to record the meter when he reached inside the box he was bitten by an unknown source later confirmed as a rattlesnake.
Injury or illness
Animal Snake bite to hand.
Object or substance involved
Snake.
Summary line
43 - Animal Bite (Rattlesnake) Hands
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Meter Reader
- SOC code
- 43-5041: Meter Readers, Utilities
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water distribution for irrigation
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 190
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 395,200
- EIN
- 956269461
- Establishment ID
- 1177030
- Employer case #
- 25-17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:24
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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