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OSHA Injury Report: 00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC - COTTAGE GROVE

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at 00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC - COTTAGE GROVE in COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dC Team Member in electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.

Establishment
00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC - COTTAGE GROVE
Parent company
Elite Distributors Insurance Company VAN METER, INC. - COTTAGE GROVE
Street
7450 95TH ST SOUTH
City
COTTAGE GROVE
State
MN
ZIP
55016
On-site location
WAREHOUSE
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

MOVING [REDACTED] OF WIRE

Had to split a pallet one barrel of wire to an empty pallet Item weight was listed as 673lbs Shimmied the barrel to the edge of the pallet leaned it against my chest and leg and rolled it over onto the new pallet

Strained Low back Lifting 673lb barrel of wire

673lb barrel of wire

Had to split a pallet one barrel of wire to an empty pallet Item weight was listed as 673lbs Shim

Job description
DC Team Member
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
423610 — Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
241
Total hours worked
400821
EIN
421448821
Establishment ID
1304477
Employer case #
2906
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:31
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:21:57:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.