Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Public Works
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Asheville Public Works in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sanitation Driver I in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- City of Asheville Public Works
- Parent company
- City of Asheville
- Street
- PO BOX 7148
- City
- Asheville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28802
- On-site location
- Brush Collection Site - 129 Kingsgate Rd.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Collecting bag of brush to empty into back of the truck.
What happened
Stepped on water meter lid lid slid of the meter box and their leg left fell into the meter box.
Injury or illness
Contusion of left knee
Object or substance involved
Meter box.
Summary line
While picking up brush to put in truck stepped on a water meter cover covered slid off and his led went into the meter - Strain of left knee
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Driver I
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 156
- Total hours worked
- 281424
- EIN
- 566000224
- Establishment ID
- 805181
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:35
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:15:27:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.