Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- Future I-26 east bound, Asheville NC 28804
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Transporting a patient to the hospital.
What happened
Paramedic was drawing blood from an IV to fill a lab collection tube. She was utilizing a 10cc syringe and an 18g med needle to fill the lab tube with blood. When the unit hit a bump in the road she poked the 1st digit on her right hand.
Injury or illness
Cut Puncture or Scrape - Object Being Handled
Object or substance involved
a 10cc syringe and an 18g med needle
Summary line
Paramedic was drawing blood from an IV to fill a lab collection tube. She was utilizing a 10cc syringe and an 18g med needle to fill the lab tube with blood. When the unit hit a bump in the road she poked the 1st digit on her right hand. She immediately d
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 #
- W00499078
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- 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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