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OSHA Injury Report: Portland Water Bureau Operations

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Portland Water Bureau Operations in 2010 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 resulted in days away from work. Employee was community service aide in water distribution (except irrigation).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Portland Water Bureau Operations
Parent company
City of Portland
Street
2010 N Interstate Avenue
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97227
On-site location
1900 N Interstate Ave Portland OR

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4
Days restricted or transferred
42

Before the incident

lifting bags of testing kits and boxes

What happened

lifting bags of water testing kits and boxes when back felt a strain

Injury or illness

lower back strain

Object or substance involved

bag of testing kits

Summary line

LOW BACK PAIN: Lifting and moving bulky light boxes of sample bottles. Building 45 cardboard boxes for water kits. (repetitive motion) packing them up for mailing. Sat down to do timesheet felt acute back spasm.

Employee and industry

Job description
community service aide
SOC code
21-1093 — Social and Human Service Assistants
NAICS code
221310 — Water distribution (except irrigation)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
129
Total hours worked
257764
EIN
936002236
Establishment ID
422386
Employer case #
2.02301E+1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:15:00.000
Time of incident
16:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01FEB24:21:35:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.