Portland, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services in 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wastewater operations specialist in waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
- Parent company
- City of Portland
- Street
- 1120 SW 5th Ave
- City
- Portland
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97204
- On-site location
- 5001 N. Columbia Blvd. Wastewater Treatment Facility
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
Measure the blanket levels using the raven at the primary clarifiers.
What happened
A drop of wastewater flew up and hit me in the eye. After going home and sleeping I woke up in the afternoon and had some redness swelling and goop in my right eye.
Injury or illness
Redness swelling and goop in my right eye.
Object or substance involved
Took off safety glasses because they fogged.
Summary line
Wastewater splash in eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WASTEWATER OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 692
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,200,000
- Establishment ID
- 1095660
- Employer case #
- 2023014461
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 22:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-28
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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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