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OSHA Injury Report: South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority in Bellingham, WA 98229 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lieutenant in firefighting services (except forest and private).

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Quarterly hose training performing 1-3 4 x-lay deployment.

100 ' bundle to shoulder and remaining hose stuck in the tray. Pulled to deploy and the hose broke loose resulting in loss of balance and GLF landing on the abdomen and right elbow.

The majority of the force from the GLF was to the abdomen 27 weeks pregnant resulting in pre-term contractions.

Concrete apron.

GLF Abd impact third trimester

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
Avg employees
56
Total hours worked
79752
EIN
800307469
Establishment ID
1174105
Employer case #
2023-2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:00:15:00

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.