Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Asheville Water Department
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Asheville Water Department in Asheville, NC 28802 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was meter Technician 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
- Loading area - 200 Bingham Road
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 30
Before the incident
Loading rims into a truck.
What happened
As they lifted rims over shoulder height felt a pop and pain in upper back.
Injury or illness
Strain of Thoracic back region
Object or substance involved
Lifting
Summary line
While lifting meter rims over shoulders to loading into truck felt a pop and pain in upper back - strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Meter Technician
- 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 #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:20:38:00
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.