Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Public Works
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Buncombe County-Public Works in 200 College Street, 1st Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transfer Station Assistant Manager 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Driving a truck. Employee had just backed in to area 4 at the Landfill and was opening the door to the trailer.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right knee injury
Object or substance involved
Trash
Summary line
Right knee injured by slipping
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Transfer Station Assistant Manager
- 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 #
- 37
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- 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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