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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT Advanced in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Preparing to move patient to the stretcher

While bending over to move the patient to the stretcher the employee twisted wrong causing pain to his mid back

Back strain

Lifting patient

Mid-back pain while bending over to move patient to stretcher

Job description
EMT Advanced
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
503548
EIN
566000279
Establishment ID
997134
Employer case #
54
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:15:28:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.