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
- 8 Grandview Road, Asheville NC 28701
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
Working his regular shift on [REDACTED] loading a patient into the ambulance
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Strain or Injury By - Lifting
Object or substance involved
stretcher
Summary line
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.
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 #
- W00462165
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 20:20
- 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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