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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 Paramedic 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
Back of ambulance
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
141

Caring for critical patient in the back of the ambulance

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.

Head and side pain

Floor and cabinets in back of ambulance

Head and side pain from MVA

Job description
EMT Paramedic
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
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 #
56
Date of incident
Shift started
19:30:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:15:35:00

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.