Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Emergency Services
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Buncombe County-Emergency Services in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- 35 Woodfin Street Asheville NC 28801
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning the ambulance.
What happened
The vacuum apparently had apparently sucked up a needle which was sticking out of the hose. The employee grabbed the vacuum hose to clean the ambulance and the needle pierced the employee 's left thumb drawing blood.
Injury or illness
Needle stick
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle Stick
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 #
- 63
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 14:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
More injuries at Buncombe County-Emergency Services
View Buncombe County-Emergency Services's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 621910)
More injuries in NC
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.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.