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OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was water Maintenance Worker III 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
Work Site - 7 Sunset Dr.
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Probing for underground utilities before excavation.

Went to stick probing rod into the ground and accidentally stuck it through work boot and side of left foot.

Puncture wound of left foot.

Probing rod.

While probing an excavation site for underground utilities struck left foot through work boot with the probing rod - puncture

Job description
Water Maintenance Worker III
SOC code
49-9012 — Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical D
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
177
Total hours worked
343510
EIN
566000224
Establishment ID
805195
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:19:44:00

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.