Asheville, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Blue Ridge Power
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Blue Ridge Power in 105 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 resulted in days away from work. Employee was UTV 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
- Block 18
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 171
Before the incident
Operating a UTV at high speeds.
What happened
Worker was operating a UTV at 17-22mph through an array. When he went to make a turn at the end of the array the tail end of the UTV slid out and when regained traction flipped on its side. Worker was initially diagnosed with an ankle sprain and later determined to have broken 2 bones in his left ankle.
Injury or illness
Fracture to left ankle from UTV rollover
Object or substance involved
UTV
Summary line
Fracture to left ankle from UTV rollover
Employee and industry
- Job description
- UTV Operator
- SOC code
- 49-9081: Wind Turbine Service Technicians
- NAICS code
- 237130: Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 897
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 3,068,996
- Establishment ID
- 977216
- Employer case #
- Centerfiel
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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