Fallbrook, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Rainbow Municipal Water District
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rainbow Municipal Water District in Fallbrook, CA 92028 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was fleet Mechanic in utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rainbow Municipal Water District
- Parent company
- Rainbow Municipal Water District
- Street
- 3707 Old Hwy 395
- City
- Fallbrook
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92028
- On-site location
- District Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was working on a pin and cylinder when it slipped and hit his left hand on his ring finger and pinky. He was wearing gloves at the time.
What happened
While working on replacing a steel pin for the outrigger on a backhoe. Employee was driving in the pin with a brass hammer with right hand and holding the Cylinder piston rod with left hand. The piston rod suddenly slipped out of the pin and fell on left hand crushing ring and pinkie fingers.
Injury or illness
Broken finger on left hand (fractured)
Object or substance involved
Fleet Equipment Cylinder
Summary line
Broke finger dropping pin on hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fleet Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-3031 — Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
- NAICS code
- 237110 — Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 59
- Total hours worked
- 110196
- Establishment ID
- 1458880
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 04FEB26:22:24:00
Source
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.