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 II 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
- Route - 15 Silverstone dr.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Attempting to pull out a bear car that fell into the hopper.
What happened
Left thumb was caught between the truck bed and the full trash can.
Injury or illness
Crushing injury of the left thumb.
Object or substance involved
Truck bed and trash can.
Summary line
While collecting trash can fell into hopper attempted to pull can out when left thumb got crushed between the full can and truck. Contusion.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Driver II
- 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 #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:18:00:00
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.