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 field Operations Specialist 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
- Waste Collection Site - Spruce
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Loading trash in the [REDACTED].
What happened
They tripped over the trash can.
Injury or illness
Contusion of left palm
Object or substance involved
Ground.
Summary line
While collecting trash tripped over trash and hurt left thumb in the fall contusion.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Field Operations Specialist
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 156
- Total hours worked
- 281424
- EIN
- 566000224
- Establishment ID
- 805181
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:16:09:00
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.