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 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
- 190 Hominy Creek Road Asheville NC 28806
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Driving heavy equipment and pushing loads.
What happened
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].
Injury or illness
Neck strain
Object or substance involved
Wheel and tire
Summary line
Neck strain from jolt inside cab of machine
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 47-2073: Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- 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 #
- 49
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- 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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