Bellingham, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Whatcom Transportation Authority
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, WA 98226 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- operating bus
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was ending shift
What happened
Employee was ending shift and noticed a moderate tension in mid back (spine) as he say in the shuttle car. Getting in and out and felt abnormally stiff. Through out the rest of the evening the pain sensation around the stiffness began to accumulate. When the employee woke up on [REDACTED] he could hardly move without shooting pain.
Injury or illness
Strain Sprain
Object or substance involved
No object directly harmed the employee
Summary line
[REDACTED] StrainNOT REALLY SURE I DO A LOT OF PIVITNG ROTATION FLEXION MOTIONS WHILE OPERATING THE BUS
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
- Avg employees
- 322
- Total hours worked
- 551953
- EIN
- 911529029
- Establishment ID
- 1094456
- Employer case #
- BN89388
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:03:12:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.