Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was EMT Advanced in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buncombe County-Emergency Services
- Parent company
- County of Buncombe
- Street
- 200 College Street, 1st Floor
- City
- Asheville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28801
- On-site location
- Lee Garden Lane Asheville NC 28801
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Preparing to move patient to the stretcher
What happened
While bending over to move the patient to the stretcher the employee twisted wrong causing pain to his mid back
Injury or illness
Back strain
Object or substance involved
Lifting patient
Summary line
Mid-back pain while bending over to move patient to stretcher
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT Advanced
- SOC code
- 29-2042: Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 621910: Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 215
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 503,548
- EIN
- 566000279
- Establishment ID
- 997134
- Employer case #
- 54
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 00:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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