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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Administration

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Administration in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN in county supervisors' and executives' offices.

Establishment
Buncombe County-Administration
Parent company
County of Buncombe
Street
200 College Street, 1st Floor
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28801
On-site location
59 Woodfin Place, Asheville NC 28801
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

prying a plug out of office chair with a sheetrock knife

Employee was prying a plug out of office chair with a sheetrock knife when the plug popped out and the sheetrock knife made contact with his finger. Received sutures to left index finger but able to work full duty as long as covered and clean.

Cut Puncture or Scrape

sheetrock knife

Employee was prying a plug out of office chair with a sheetrock knife when the plug popped out and the sheetrock knife made contact with his finger. Received sutures to left index finger but able to work full duty as long as covered and clean.

Job description
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
921110 — County supervisors' and executives' offices
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
333
Total hours worked
548121
EIN
566000279
Establishment ID
997112
Employer case #
W00498220
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
10:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:19:52:00

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.