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OSHA Injury Report: City of Fairmont

Hearing loss · Other recordable case

On , a hearing loss at City of Fairmont in Fairmont, MN 56031 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in general public administration.

Establishment
City of Fairmont
Street
100 Downtown Plaza
City
Fairmont
State
MN
ZIP
56031
On-site location
PW Building, 801 E. Margaret St., Fairmont, MN 56031
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Hearing loss (code 5)

Using the tire bead blaster

EE opened the valve of the blaster but did not have a good grip on it causing the blaster to blow air upward and into EE 's right ear

Hearing impairment to right ear

Tire bead blaster

Tire bead blaster blew into EE 's R ear causing muffled hearing

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
921190 — General public administration
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
144
Total hours worked
194724
EIN
416005147
Establishment ID
1280157
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20FEB2025:21:46:00

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.