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OSHA Injury Report: Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority in 6 SNAKE RD, Okatie, SC 29909 resulted in days away from work. Employee was field Operator Trainee in water treatment and distribution.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority
Parent company
Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority
Street
6 SNAKE RD
City
Okatie
State
SC
ZIP
29909
On-site location
112 Bay Pine Road yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

Employee was attempting to hook up a loaded trailer (mini excavator) to ball hitch on back of his truck.

What happened

While hooking up the trailer and excavator to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the hitch became stuck on the truck’s ball. I attempted to reposition the trailer by hand and during this process the trailer dropped onto the ball causing my finger to become caught between the pintle and the ball resulting in injury.

Injury or illness

Crushed laceration to tip of middle finger on right hand

Object or substance involved

trailer ring and ball hitch

Summary line

Crushed tip of middle finger on right hand while hitching trailer to truck

Employee and industry

Job description
Field Operator Trainee
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
246
Total hours worked
508637
EIN
576022931
Establishment ID
1067194
Employer case #
3579

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
8:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12JAN26:18:46:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.