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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Public Works

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Public Works in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transfer Station Assistant Manager in landfills.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Driving a truck. Employee had just backed in to area 4 at the Landfill and was opening the door to the trailer.

Employee was opening the trailer door and was pushing the door uphill and he slipped on some trash. The slip caused employee to hyper extend his right knee.

Right knee injury

Trash

Right knee injured by slipping

Job description
Transfer Station Assistant Manager
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562212 — Landfills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
74
Total hours worked
140370
EIN
566000279
Establishment ID
997141
Employer case #
37
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:16:09:00

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.