Columbia, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: SC Department of Transportation
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at SC Department of Transportation in Columbia, SC 29201 resulted in days away from work. Employee was hIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER II in transportation safety programs, government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- SC Department of Transportation
- Parent company
- SC Department of Transportation
- Street
- 955 Park Street Room 300
- City
- Columbia
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29201
- On-site location
- Bamberg Maintenance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Loading handrails onto a trailer
What happened
On [REDACTED] while loading a 20ft long by 3 ft tall steel handrail onto a trailer using a backhoe the employee [REDACTED] was guiding the handrail when a chain securing it slipped [REDACTED] had noticed that the backhoe s thumb was not functioning properly and was informed but he continued the loading process Despite being warned that the chain was coming loose he proceeded as instructed During this process the handrail became unstable and struck [REDACTED] in the head Witnesses including [REDACTED] observed the incident and confirmed that the handrail not the chain was the object that caused the head impact The employee reported feeling fine immediately following the incident
Injury or illness
Trauma Head Face from Handrail
Object or substance involved
Handrail
Summary line
Trauma Head Face from Handrail
Employee and industry
- Job description
- HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER II
- SOC code
- 47-4051 — Highway Maintenance Workers
- NAICS code
- 926120 — Transportation safety programs, government
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3939
- Total hours worked
- 8292173
- EIN
- 576000954
- Establishment ID
- 723591
- Employer case #
- 72949
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 14:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:17:58:00
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.