Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Public Works
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Public Works in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was heavy Equipment Mechanic and Operator in landfills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buncombe County-Public Works
- Parent company
- County of Buncombe
- Street
- 200 College Street, 1st Floor
- City
- Asheville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28801
- On-site location
- 85 Panther Branch Road Alexander NC 28701
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 62
Before the incident
Drilling out bolt hole for the tub grinder at the Landfill.
What happened
While drilling the bolt hole the drill bit got in a bind and spun into employee 's hand causing left pinky finger to be caught between steel and drill.
Injury or illness
Left hand pinky finger injured
Object or substance involved
Drill
Summary line
Left hand pinky finger injured by handheld tool
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Heavy Equipment Mechanic and Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 562212: Landfills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 74
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 140,370
- EIN
- 566000279
- Establishment ID
- 997141
- Employer case #
- 28
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- 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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