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 Paramedic 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
- Back of ambulance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 141
Before the incident
Caring for critical patient in the back of the ambulance
What happened
While transporting patient to ER the ambulance was struck by another vehicle in an intersection. The employee was thrown to the floor in the back of the ambulance striking her head and body into the cabinet and on the floor of the ambulance.
Injury or illness
Head and side pain
Object or substance involved
Floor and cabinets in back of ambulance
Summary line
Head and side pain from MVA
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT Paramedic
- SOC code
- 29-2043: Paramedics
- 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 #
- 56
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:30
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- 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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