Mankato, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Schwickerts Tecta America
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Schwickerts Tecta America in 330 Poplar Street, Mankato, MN 56001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was roofing foreman in low slope roofing installation.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Schwickerts Tecta America
- Parent company
- Schwickert's Tecta America
- Street
- 330 Poplar Street
- City
- Mankato
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 56001
- On-site location
- College Roof
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Attempting to cut away some sheetmetal that was in the way of a new roof installation using an angle grinder fitted with a cutting blade.
What happened
Employee choose to use a 4 hand grinder with the wrong blade in it and the blade kicked back striking him in the lower left leg.
Injury or illness
Laceration to left leg requiring 13 stitches to close.
Object or substance involved
Blade on 4 hand grinder
Summary line
Laceration from hand grinder blade which contacted Rt lower leg13 stitches
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Roofing foreman
- SOC code
- 47-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- NAICS code
- 238160: Low slope roofing installation
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 215
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 428,169
- Establishment ID
- 67522
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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