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OSHA Injury Report: St. Olaf College

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

On , a respiratory condition at St. Olaf College in NORTHFIELD, MN 55057 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was custodian in academies, college or university.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

Reporting to a broken sprinkler line.

EE entered the office and was overcome be a very strong odor from the sprinkler water.

Lungs throat

Old sprinkler water that had been sitting in the pipes.

Sprinkler broke and went off employee grabbed a garbage can to catch the water smell was strong. Could not catch breath and started coughing.

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
Avg employees
1718
Total hours worked
1919495
Establishment ID
1093288
Employer case #
697
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:00:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:14:38:00

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.