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OSHA Injury Report: Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County in Asheville, NC 28804 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plant Operator in sewage treatment plants or facilities.

Establishment
Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County
Parent company
Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County
Street
2028 Riverside Dr
City
Asheville
State
NC
ZIP
28804
On-site location
Plant
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Cleaning fine screens

While clearing blocked fine screen tough (gravel and debris) when picking up the sixth bucket felt a stab in middle finger. Pulled the needle out of finger and removed glove. Noticed blood on finger.

Needle stick

a needle

Needle Stick

Job description
Plant Operator
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221320 — Sewage treatment plants or facilities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
6
Total hours worked
205509
EIN
560896502
Establishment ID
1258796
Employer case #
202400001
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
19:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
14JAN2025:17:21:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.