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
- Wright Brothers Way Fletcher NC 28732
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Preparing to give patient IM injection. Pulled up medication into syringe and sterilized injection site.
What happened
Patient was actively seizing while IM medication was being administered. After removing the needle employee was putting safety cap on it when patient seized hitting employee 's hand and causing him to get a needle stick on left index finger.
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 #
- 70
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 12:45
- 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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