San Diego, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Public Utilities - Chollas
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Public Utilities - Chollas in San Diego, CA 92105 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was water Sys Tech in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Public Utilities - Chollas
- Parent company
- City of San Diego
- Street
- 2797 Caminito Chollas
- City
- San Diego
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92105
- On-site location
- Field
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
The employee was working with a crew repairing a water main break
What happened
The employee was shoveling dirt from a trench to the bucket of a backhoe to repair the water main. While shoveling the dirt he hit his hand against the backhoe bucket mistakenly causing his injury to his hand.
Injury or illness
The employee injured his right ring finger against the backhoe bucket.
Object or substance involved
The employee 's injury was due to situational awareness.
Summary line
smashed ring finger against bucket with shovel.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Water Sys Tech
- SOC code
- 51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221320 — Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 445
- Total hours worked
- 858850
- EIN
- 956000776
- Establishment ID
- 364069
- Employer case #
- 113
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:23:35:00
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.