Jefferson, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Sheriff's Department
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Sheriff's Department in 150 Government Circle Suite 2500, Jefferson, NC 28640 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was deputy Sheriff in law enforcement statistics centers, government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Sheriff's Department
- Parent company
- County of Ashe
- Street
- 150 Government Circle Suite 2500
- City
- Jefferson
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28640
- On-site location
- Wilkes Community College
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
standing
What happened
Employee was participating in a pepper spray class as is required by all law enforcement personnel. Employee was sprayed with pepper spray. Pepper spray caused irritation and blurred vision immediately to the employee. The employee waited until the next day to see if the swelling and irritation got better but it did not.
Injury or illness
eye irritation
Object or substance involved
pepper spray
Summary line
pepper spray to eyes
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Deputy Sheriff
- SOC code
- 33-3051: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- NAICS code
- 922190: Law enforcement statistics centers, government
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 97
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 179,711
- EIN
- 566000274
- Establishment ID
- 1263098
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-30
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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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