Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority in Des Moines, IA 50309 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fR Operator in bus transit systems (except mixed mode).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
- Parent company
- Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
- Street
- 620 Cherry St
- City
- Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50309
- On-site location
- DCS platform, stepping down from bus onto platform
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 39
Before the incident
Operating a fixed route bus completing a route and parked at the transfer station
What happened
Operator stepped out of the bus onto the platform when his knee gave out causing him to come down on his knee suddenly.
Injury or illness
Pain in both knees lower back and thorax muscle strain and abrasion of the right knee.
Object or substance involved
The concrete pavement of the bus platform.
Summary line
Pain in both knees strain in lower back and thorax abrasion on R knee
Employee and industry
- Job description
- FR Operator
- SOC code
- 53-3052 — Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- NAICS code
- 485113 — Bus transit systems (except mixed mode)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 297
- Total hours worked
- 583390
- EIN
- 421014354
- Establishment ID
- 810242
- Employer case #
- 24-019
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:13
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:17:17:00
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.