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 laborer TS 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
- Parking lot - Public Works
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
As part of new employee training was observing a boom truck pick up a brush pile.
What happened
Dust flew out of the brush pile as it was lifted and drifted into right eye.
Injury or illness
Right Corneal abrasion
Object or substance involved
Dust
Summary line
While training observed the boom truck pick up brush pile debris flew into right eye requiring prescription - abrasion.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laborer TS
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 156
- Total hours worked
- 281424
- EIN
- 566000224
- Establishment ID
- 805181
- Employer case #
- 16
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 16:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:17:53:00
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.