NORTHFIELD, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Olaf College
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at St. Olaf College in 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, NORTHFIELD, MN 55057 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was custodian in academies, college or university.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Olaf College
- Parent company
- St. Olaf College
- Street
- 1520 St. Olaf Avenue
- City
- NORTHFIELD
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55057
- On-site location
- Tomson Hall
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Reporting to a broken sprinkler line.
What happened
EE entered the office and was overcome be a very strong odor from the sprinkler water.
Injury or illness
Lungs throat
Object or substance involved
Old sprinkler water that had been sitting in the pipes.
Summary line
Sprinkler broke and went off employee grabbed a garbage can to catch the water smell was strong. Could not catch breath and started coughing.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Custodian
- SOC code
- 37-2011: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 611310: Academies, college or university
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,718
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,919,495
- Establishment ID
- 1093288
- Employer case #
- 697
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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