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
- 509 Biltmore Avenue. Asheville NC 28806
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 29
- Days restricted or transferred
- 77
Before the incident
unloading the patient at [REDACTED] on the Stryker Power Load stretcher
What happened
While pulling the stretcher out of the ambulance the load system failed. Employee was caught off guard holding the weight of the stretcher plus the patient as to not drop the patient. This caused her back to hurt. Supervisor followed up with our Stryker Technician about the failure.
Injury or illness
Strain or Injury By - Holding or Carrying
Object or substance involved
Stryker Power Load stretcher
Summary line
While pulling the stretcher out of the ambulance the load system failed. Employee was caught off guard holding the weight of the stretcher plus the patient as to not drop the patient. This caused her back to hurt.
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 #
- W00500271
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 09:01
- 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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