Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Public Works
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Asheville Public Works in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitation Laborer 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
- Route - Smokey Park Hwy
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Loading brush pile onto truck.
What happened
Dust or debris got into left eye.
Injury or illness
Left eye corneal abrasion.
Object or substance involved
Dust or brush debris.
Summary line
While loading brush dust got into left eye causing abrasion requiring prescription.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Laborer I
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 156
- Total hours worked
- 281424
- EIN
- 566000224
- Establishment ID
- 805181
- Employer case #
- 21
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:18:38:00
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.