Bellingham, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Whatcom Transportation Authority
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Whatcom Transportation Authority in 4011 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, WA 98226 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transit operator in bus line, local (except mixed mode).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Parent company
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Street
- 4011 Bakerview Spur
- City
- Bellingham
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98226
- On-site location
- Job site
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 80
Before the incident
Employee was deboarding a passenger with wheelchair
What happened
Employee was deboarding a passenger with wheelchair. Passenger started moving the wheelchair before the lift was fully deployed. The wheelchair tire popped off the lift and in an effort yo straighten the wheelchair back into lift employee pulled up on the stuck wheel and heard and felt three pops in bicep muscle. Arm did not feel right and was painful to use.
Injury or illness
The motion of moving a wheel chair
Object or substance involved
Wheel chair
Summary line
Bicep tendon rupture TRYING TO GET WHEELCHAIR UNSTUCK FROM LIFT LIFTED WHEELCHAIR WHEEL AND HEARD POPPING IN LEFT BICEP AND PAIN IN LEFT BICEP
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TRANSIT OPERATOR
- SOC code
- 53-3052: Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- NAICS code
- 485113: Bus line, local (except mixed mode)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 322
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 551,953
- EIN
- 911529029
- Establishment ID
- 1094456
- Employer case #
- BN58908
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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