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
- SE 14th St/Cummins - Bus stop and bus wheelchair ramp
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 45
Before the incident
Operating a fixed route bus. Stopped at a bus stop to alight passengers.
What happened
Employee was assisting a wheelchair that had gotten stuck in the mud. He tried to push them back towards the sidewalk and when that didn 't work he pulled the wheelchair back onto the bus.
Injury or illness
Pain in both shoulders as well as in the thoracic spine lower back strain.
Object or substance involved
N A
Summary line
Lower back strain. Pain in both shoulders and thoracic spine.
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 #
- 24-022
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:50
- Time of incident
- 19:02
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:17:23:00
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.