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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT PARAMEDIC in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.

Establishment
Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Parent company
County of Buncombe
Street
200 College Street, 1st Floor
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28801
On-site location
85 Pisgah Highway, Asheville NC 28715
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
16

Working on an Ambulance

Paramedic was working a 36hr shift and had to push and pull patients on the stretcher. She felt fatigued and her back ached but left and went to work at the Castle in logistics. She began to feel pain in her lower right side of her back while trying to push a gas pedal of the electric van. She took ibuprofen and Tylenol for pain with no improvement. When she bends she has pain in her right lower back that shoots down her right leg. Prescribed medication and received work restrictions.

Strain or Injury By - Lifting

No object or substance

Paramedic was working a 36hr shift and had to push and pull patients on the stretcher. She felt fatigued and her back ached but left and went to work at the Castle in logistics. She began to feel pain in her lower right side of her back while trying to pu

Job description
EMT PARAMEDIC
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
621910 — Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
210
Total hours worked
525379
EIN
566000279
Establishment ID
997134
Employer case #
W00457135
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:03:00

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.