Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was water Maintenance Worker I in water treatment and distribution.
Where did this happen?
- 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 - 81 Robinhood Rd
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 69
Before the incident
Shoveling dirt from around service line.
What happened
Boot slipped and they fell awkwardly immediately had burning pain in lower back.
Injury or illness
Lumbar Radiculopathy
Object or substance involved
Ground
Summary line
While digging with shovel foot slipped off shovel causing fall and immediate lower back pain - strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Water Maintenance Worker I
- 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 #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:12
- Time of incident
- 10:43
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:20:26:00
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.