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OSHA Injury Report: City of Knoxville - Public Service Department

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at City of Knoxville - Public Service Department in 400 W Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 resulted in days away from work. Employee was trades Craftswo.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
City of Knoxville - Public Service Department
Parent company
City of Knoxville
Street
400 W Main Street
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37902
On-site location
953 East Moody

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was installing a new water fountain.

What happened

Employee was installing a new fountain and when he went to lift it up chest high the last time he picked it up he felt a tingle in his back. Moving certain ways sends a sharp pain in his back.

Injury or illness

Strained Back Lifting

Object or substance involved

Water Fountain

Summary line

Strained Back Lifting

Employee and industry

Job description
Trades Craftswo
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
561730
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
246
Total hours worked
480217
EIN
626000326
Establishment ID
1436107
Employer case #
880

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:20:13:00

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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.