Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Public Works
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Asheville Public Works in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was equipment Operator III 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
- Public Works Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Sitting in a chair waiting for supervisor to give assignment for the day.
What happened
Co-worker jokingly lifted the chair the chair tipped over and they landed on part of chair.
Injury or illness
Contusion of lower back.
Object or substance involved
Chair
Summary line
While waiting for assignment coworker jokingly tipped chair. Fell and landed on part of the chair. Contusion to lower back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator III
- SOC code
- 47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 156
- Total hours worked
- 281424
- EIN
- 566000224
- Establishment ID
- 805181
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 7:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:15:53:00
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.