Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was EMT paramedic in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Working on an Ambulance
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Strain or Injury By - Lifting
Object or substance involved
No object or substance
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT PARAMEDIC
- SOC code
- 29-2043: Paramedics
- NAICS code
- 621910: Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 210
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 525,379
- EIN
- 566000279
- Establishment ID
- 997134
- Employer case #
- W00457135
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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