San Diego, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Public Utilities - Chollas
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Public Utilities - Chollas in 2797 Caminito Chollas, San Diego, CA 92105 resulted in days away from work. 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
- 2985 C Street
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 28
Before the incident
working with crew removing and replacing a [REDACTED]. The employee was in a trench with a co-worker awaiting to place and tighten [REDACTED].
What happened
the trench wall collapsed onto the workers in the trench trapping them from the waist down immediately the worker began rescue procedures to recover the trapped employees.
Injury or illness
Pain in lower back right quad and left knee
Object or substance involved
The un-shored trench
Summary line
Trench walls collapsed on body injuring lower back right quad and left knee
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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 445
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 858,850
- EIN
- 956000776
- Establishment ID
- 364069
- Employer case #
- 130
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-23
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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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