Owensboro, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Regional Water Resource Agency
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Regional Water Resource Agency in 1722 Pleasant Valley Road, Owensboro, KY 42303 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plant Operator in sewage treatment plants or facilities.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Regional Water Resource Agency
- Parent company
- Regional Water Resource Agency
- Street
- 1722 Pleasant Valley Road
- City
- Owensboro
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42303
- On-site location
- Tertiary Filters at Waste Water Treatment Plant
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was investigating a low pressure alarm on the tertiary filters at the WWTP removing caps from a pump line to make sure there was no ice in the line.
What happened
The employee went to restart the backwash pump and when he did water sprayed in the air due to a cap not being put back on the line. The employee went to replace the cap and when he did he slipped on ice that had formed on the grating from the water that sprayed from the backwash pump.
Injury or illness
Employee struck his face on the grating causing a laceration above the eyebrow that had to be glued. He also chipped a tooth.
Object or substance involved
Metal Floor Grating
Summary line
Employee slipped on ice that was on the grating by the tertiary filters at MRP. He attempted to catch himself but fell face first and the grating caused a laceration above his right eye that required glue.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Plant Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8031: Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 221320: Sewage treatment plants or facilities
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 84
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 181,544
- EIN
- 611238903
- Establishment ID
- 949566
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:36
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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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