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OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was utility Locator 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
Locate Site - US Hwy 70
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Locating underground utilities.

Slipped on stones for a near by railroad track.

Strain of lower back

Sudden movement from slipping.

While locating and marking an underground water line near a railroad track slid on gravel straining lower back.

Job description
Utility Locator
SOC code
47-2152 — Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
177
Total hours worked
343510
EIN
566000224
Establishment ID
805195
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:19:49:00

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.