Knoxville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: City of Knoxville - Public Service Department
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Knoxville - Public Service Department in 400 W Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- 722 South Gay St.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
WATERING plants with mobile water tank
What happened
Employee was watering and the motor cut out on the water tank. He got out to restart it and it back fired into his face. His ears and head are hurting feeling pressure.
Injury or illness
Hearing loss Left Ear Other injury Motor Backfire
Object or substance involved
Motor Backfire
Summary line
Hearing loss Left Ear Other injury Motor Backfire
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 #
- 926
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 02:30
- Time of incident
- 04:30
- 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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