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OSHA Injury Report: College Hill Water Treatment Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at College Hill Water Treatment Plant in LYNCHBURG, VA 24501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was utility Line Technician in water treatment and distribution.

Establishment
College Hill Water Treatment Plant
Parent company
City of Lynchburg Department of Water Resources
Street
525 Taylor St
City
LYNCHBURG
State
VA
ZIP
24501
On-site location
2711 Rivermont Ave Lynchburg VA
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Using a brick hammer to clean roots away from the bottom of a piece of terracotta pipe

While scraping dirt and roots with the hammer his right thumb rubbed against a sharp edge of the pipe causing him the get a laceration to his thumb. It cut through the gloves he was wearing.

Laceration at the base of right thumb where it connects to the palm of the hand.

Terracotta pipe

Laceration to base of right thumb

Job description
Utility Line Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
90
Total hours worked
182676
EIN
546001405
Establishment ID
208948
Employer case #
2319
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:16:28:00

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