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OSHA Injury Report: McMinnville Water & Light

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at McMinnville Water & Light in McMinnville, OR 97128 resulted in days away from work. Employee was apprentice Lineworker in distribution of electric power.

Establishment
McMinnville Water & Light
Parent company
MWL
Street
855 Marsh Ln.
City
McMinnville
State
OR
ZIP
97128
On-site location
Camp Rilea training facility Warrenton OR
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
147
Days restricted or transferred
33

Employee was in apprentice school and a portion of the school has the students perform pole climbing and exercises on the pole. He was up on a power pole performing one of the exercises.

Employee climbed up the pole to the top to tie off the hand line. As he was coming off the primary skit to reach out further his right gaff hook cut-out from the pole. His left hand gripped the cross bar to catch himself and there was a sudden jerk of his body to the right.

Tear to the pectoral and bicep muscles

Equipment on the power pole that shifted.

Torn left bicep during climbing exercise at training facility.

Job description
Apprentice Lineworker
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
65
Total hours worked
118283
EIN
936002205
Establishment ID
798844
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:01:42:00

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.