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OSHA Injury Report: Wastewater Treatment Facility

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Wastewater Treatment Facility in Smithfield, NC 27577 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wW Plant Operator IV in waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system.

Establishment
Wastewater Treatment Facility
Parent company
Johnston County Wastewater Treatment Facility
Street
1000 E. Huntley Drive
City
Smithfield
State
NC
ZIP
27577
On-site location
680 County Home Rd Smithfield
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
13

Employee was using measuring tape to measure liquid level

While using a measuring tape retracted causing cut to crease of thumb.

Laceration - stitches

Tape Measure

Employee was using measuring tape to measure liquid level and measuring tape retrached causing cut to crease of thumb.

Job description
WW Plant Operator IV
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221320 — Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
23
Total hours worked
46445
EIN
566000311
Establishment ID
460865
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:20:42:00

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.