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 Worker I 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 Area - 165 S. Charlotte St.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 43
Before the incident
Starting work during holiday parade.
What happened
They threw an apple core into the back of a rear packer had sudden right shoulder pain.
Injury or illness
Sprain of right shoulder
Object or substance involved
Force while throwing.
Summary line
While working parade route finished eating an apple through the core into the back of a rear packer and felt pain in right shoulder - Strain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Worker I TS
- 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 #
- 24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:18:51:00
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.