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OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was water Plant Operator I in water treatment and distribution.

Establishment
City of Asheville Water Department
Parent company
City of Asheville
Street
PO BOX 7148
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28802
On-site location
Mills River WTP - Loading Dock
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Walking in to work.

While walking up the stairs on the loading dock slid on black ice slid under portable platform and cut left lower leg.

Laceration to left lower leg.

Portal metal loading ramp.

Walking up the stairs on the loading dock slid on black ice lacerated lower left leg on metal ramp.

Job description
Water Plant Operator I
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
177
Total hours worked
343510
EIN
566000224
Establishment ID
805195
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
18:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:19:38:00

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.