Bellingham, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority in 2050 Lake Whatcom Blvd, Bellingham, WA 98229 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lieutenant in firefighting services (except forest and private).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority
- Parent company
- South Whatcom Fire Authority
- Street
- 2050 Lake Whatcom Blvd
- City
- Bellingham
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98229
- On-site location
- Station 21
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Training evolutions of quick attack garage fire scenarios.
What happened
While transitioning from a kneeling to a standing position the left foot caught and drug on the floor resulting in inward rotation with weight-bearing causing left knee pain.
Injury or illness
Left knee sprain.
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor.
Summary line
Knee Sprain from toe drag on concrete floor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lieutenant
- SOC code
- 33-1021: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- NAICS code
- 922160: Firefighting services (except forest and private)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 56
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 79,752
- EIN
- 800307469
- Establishment ID
- 1174105
- Employer case #
- 2023-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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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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