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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
8 Grandview Road, Asheville NC 28701
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Working his regular shift on [REDACTED] loading a patient into the ambulance

While working his regular shift the paramedic was loading a patient into the ambulance when the stretcher got into a bind. The paramedic had to manually lift the stretcher over the loading arm to load patient into the ambulance.

Strain or Injury By - Lifting

stretcher

While working his regular shift the paramedic was loading a patient into the ambulance when the stretcher got into a bind. The paramedic had to manually lift the stretcher over the loading arm to load patient into the ambulance.

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 #
W00462165
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
20:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:32:00

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.