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OSHA Injury Report: Buncombe County-Public Works

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Buncombe County-Public Works in Asheville, NC 28801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was heavy Equipment Operator 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
190 Hominy Creek Road Asheville NC 28806
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Driving heavy equipment and pushing loads.

Employee did not see a wheel and tire roll out under the loader. While backing he ran over the wheel and tire which threw him around in the cab of the machine. [REDACTED] his neck started hurting and continued to get worse the [REDACTED].

Neck strain

Wheel and tire

Neck strain from jolt inside cab of machine

Job description
Heavy Equipment Operator
SOC code
47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
NAICS code
562212 — Landfills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
74
Total hours worked
140370
EIN
566000279
Establishment ID
997141
Employer case #
49
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:16:12:00

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.