Asheville, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Cleaning fine screens
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Needle stick
Object or substance involved
a needle
Summary line
Needle Stick
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 19:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14JAN2025:17:21:00
Source
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.