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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 line Foreman 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
3142 NE Doran Drive McMinnville OR
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
94

Working with a crew at the job site; removing and replacing an electric pole.

Electric pole would not come out of the ground. The decision was made to cut it off at the ground. The pole was not re-rigged to account for the pole that would now be top heavy. Employee was guiding the pole but it shifted and lifted employee up in the air when he came down he landed on his feet and his feet were injured.

Left ankle injury and right ankle soreness

electric power pole

Improper rigging; struck by moving power pole.

Job description
Line Foreman
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
65
Total hours worked
118283
EIN
936002205
Establishment ID
798844
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:45:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:01:49:00

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.