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OSHA Injury Report: Pacific Street Operations Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Pacific Street Operations Center in 2221 Pacific Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was utility Worker IV in general services departments, government.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pacific Street Operations Center
Parent company
City of Bellingham
Street
2221 Pacific Street
City
Bellingham
State
WA
ZIP
98225
On-site location
1614 Mount Baker Highway

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
24

Before the incident

My crew and I were on the side of the [REDACTED] installing concrete meter boxes over recently installed water meters. We were on the side of an embankment with the concrete boxes just uphill from us. The boxes were stacked three high in sets of three. Each stack was side-by-side. I grabbed the top right box to bring down an install. When I went back the second box of the right side stack I pulled it out and two other boxes fell down from the middle stack and squished my finger in between the box that I was holding and the ones that were falling. I immediately looked at my left little finger and noticed the fingernail has been almost completely ripped off and it was dripping blood. I walked over to my service truck to try to clean it up but it kept dripping blood. I asked [REDACTED] for his opinion of how bad it looked and he suggested that I go get medical attention. Another crew member drove me in for medical attention. I went to Care Medical on [REDACTED] for medical help. The docto

What happened

My crew and I were on the side of the [REDACTED] installing concrete meter boxes over recently installed water meters. We were on the side of an embankment with the concrete boxes just uphill from us. The boxes were stacked three high in sets of three. Each stack was side-by-side. I grabbed the top right box to bring down an install. When I went back the second box of the right side stack I pulled it out and two other boxes fell down from the middle stack and squished my finger in between the box that I was holding and the ones that were falling. I immediately looked at my left little finger and noticed the fingernail has been almost completely ripped off and it was dripping blood. I walked over to my service truck to try to clean it up but it kept dripping blood. I asked [REDACTED] for his opinion of how bad it looked and he suggested that I go get medical attention. Another crew member drove me in for medical attention. I went to Care Medical on [REDACTED] for medical help. The docto

Injury or illness

fingers crushed

Object or substance involved

meter box

Summary line

fingers crusher lifting objects

Employee and industry

Job description
Utility Worker IV
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
921190 — General services departments, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
301
Total hours worked
501342
Establishment ID
1144247
Employer case #
SY70162

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:14:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:23:11:00

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Source

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.