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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in other recordable case. 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
72 Holly Brook Drive, Asheville NC 28704
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting with patient care in the back of [REDACTED].

After assisting with patient care in the back of the EMS unit paramedic was stepping out of the side door of the EMS unit. His foot landed awkwardly on some uneven pavement and he inverted his ankle. Prescribed rigid pneumatic short walking boot.

Strain or Injury By - Twisting

No object or substance

After assisting with patient care in the back of the EMS unit paramedic was stepping out of the side door of the EMS unit. His foot landed awkwardly on some uneven pavement and he inverted his ankle. Prescribed rigid pneumatic short walking boot. Receive

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 #
W00497600
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
20:42
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:36:00

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.