Knoxville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: City of Knoxville - Public Service Department
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Knoxville - Public Service Department in 400 W Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 resulted in days away from work. Employee was equipment Opera.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- City of Knoxville - Public Service Department
- Parent company
- City of Knoxville
- Street
- 400 W Main Street
- City
- Knoxville
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37902
- On-site location
- 3046 Gibbs Drive
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Running [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was running the Knuckleboom and was getting back into the truck using 3 points of contact. The end of his foot hit the edge of the step and his caught himself with his hands on the handles. His back popped between his shoulder blades.
Injury or illness
Strained Back Twisting
Object or substance involved
truck step
Summary line
Strained Back Twisting
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Opera
- SOC code
- 37-3011: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
- NAICS code
- 561730
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 246
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 480,217
- EIN
- 626000326
- Establishment ID
- 1436107
- Employer case #
- 848
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:55
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- 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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