Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Blue Ridge Power
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Blue Ridge Power in Asheville, NC 28803 resulted in days away from work. Employee was skid Steer Operator in alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Blue Ridge Power
- Parent company
- Blue Ridge Power, LLC.
- Street
- 105 Fairview Road
- City
- Asheville
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28803
- On-site location
- Phase 1 PCS 23
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Sitting in Equipment with hydraulic arms raised and feet hanging outside of operators cab.
What happened
Employee leaned forward placing arms over the deactivation bar that was still engaged. When employee placed arms over deactivation bar employee says he sneezed and his elbow contacted the lever which lowers the hydraulic arms lowering the hydraulic arms onto obth of his ankles that were outside of the operator cab.
Injury or illness
Fractures to both feet from caught between equipment injury
Object or substance involved
Hydraulic arms of skid-steer
Summary line
Fractures to both feet from caught between equipment injury
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Skid Steer Operator
- SOC code
- 47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- NAICS code
- 237130 — Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 897
- Total hours worked
- 3068996
- Establishment ID
- 977216
- Employer case #
- Oak Trail
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 15:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 29FEB24:16:03:00
Source
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.