Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in days away from work. 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
- 200 College Street, Asheville NC 28801
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Taking care of a patient in the back of the EMS unit.
What happened
Employee was in the patient compartment taking care of a patient that was secured on the stretcher. Employee got up to adjust the vents as the patient was complaining of being cold. Employee leaned over to get an additional blanket for the patient when he lost balance as the truck turned a curve causing him to hit his knees on the rales of the stretcher.
Injury or illness
Fall Slip or Trip - Different Level
Object or substance involved
stretcher rails
Summary line
Employee was in the patient compartment taking care of a patient that was secured on the stretcher. Employee got up to adjust the vents as the patient was complaining of being cold. Employee leaned over to get an additional blanket for the patient when h
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 #
- W00500166
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- 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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