Newark, DE ·
OSHA Injury Report: Artesian Water Company, Inc.- Newark Establishment
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Artesian Water Company, Inc.- Newark Establishment in 664 Churchmans Road, Newark, DE 19702 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fire Hydrant Maintenance person in water supply systems.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Artesian Water Company, Inc.- Newark Establishment
- Parent company
- Artesian Water Company, Inc.
- Street
- 664 Churchmans Road
- City
- Newark
- State
- DE
- ZIP
- 19702
- On-site location
- Work Site
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 13
Before the incident
Employee was raising a fire hydrant
What happened
The employee was using a battery-operated angle grinder to remove a damaged bolt from the bottom of the fire hydrant when the grinder blade pinched between the bolt and the flange. When this occurred the grinder retracted back stricking his left thumb.
Injury or illness
injury cut on left thumb.
Object or substance involved
Battery operated angle grinder.
Summary line
Cut left thumb with ginder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fire Hydrant Maintenance person
- SOC code
- 49-9012: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical D
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water supply systems
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 205
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 369,561
- EIN
- 510280061
- Establishment ID
- 56770
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-10
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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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