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OSHA Injury Report: Sound Transit

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Sound Transit in Seattle, WA 98104 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was tacoma LRV Operator in mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations).

Establishment
Sound Transit
Parent company
Sound Transit
Street
401 S Jackson St
City
Seattle
State
WA
ZIP
98104
On-site location
Tacoma LRV
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
31

Employee was maneuvering a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) into a tail track.

The LRV entered a track switch which caused the LRV to jerk roughly jostling the employee.

Middle to lower back muscle lock-up

Light rail vehicle and tail track

Middle Lower Back Lock-up

Job description
Tacoma LRV Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
485111 — Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1323
Total hours worked
2304076
EIN
911628275
Establishment ID
1170621
Employer case #
2341
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:31:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:22:34:00

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.