Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Sheriff and Justice
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Sheriff and Justice in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sergeant in sheriffs' offices (except court functions only).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buncombe County-Sheriff and Justice
- Parent company
- County of Buncombe
- Street
- 200 College Street, 1st Floor
- City
- Asheville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28801
- On-site location
- Buncombe County Detention Facility, 20 Davidson Drive, Asheville NC 28801
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 34
Before the incident
supervising [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was supervising a detainee in intake as he was trying to make a phone call after a bond hearing. The detainee attempted to expose himself in intake employee took control of detainee 's arm to escort him back to his cell. During the scuffle employee received an abrasion on her middle finger of the left hand and it began to swell and bruise. Received work restrictions.
Injury or illness
Caught In Under or Between - Object Handled
Object or substance involved
not exactly sure how the injury occurred.
Summary line
Employee was supervising a detainee in intake as he was trying to make a phone call after a bond hearing. The detainee attempted to expose himself in intake employee took control of detainees arm to escort him back to his cell.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sergeant
- SOC code
- 33-1012: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
- NAICS code
- 922120: Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 399
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 791,384
- EIN
- 566000279
- Establishment ID
- 997044
- Employer case #
- W00497957
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- 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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