Fairmont, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: City of Fairmont
Hearing loss · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a hearing loss at City of Fairmont in Fairmont, MN 56031 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in general public administration.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Hearing loss (code 5)
Before the incident
Using the tire bead blaster
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Hearing impairment to right ear
Object or substance involved
Tire bead blaster
Summary line
Tire bead blaster blew into EE 's R ear causing muffled hearing
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20FEB2025:21:46:00
Source
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.