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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in days away from work. 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
509 Biltmore Avenue. Asheville NC 28806
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
29
Days restricted or transferred
77

unloading the patient at [REDACTED] on the Stryker Power Load stretcher

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.

Strain or Injury By - Holding or Carrying

Stryker Power Load stretcher

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.

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 #
W00500271
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
9:01
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:18:04:00

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.