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 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
- Avg employees
- 210
- Total hours worked
- 525379
- EIN
- 566000279
- Establishment ID
- 997134
- Employer case #
- W00499078
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:17:49:00
Source
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.