St. Paul, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company in 301 York Ave, St. Paul, MN 55130 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sprinkler Fitter in fire sprinkler system installation.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company
- Parent company
- API Group
- Street
- 301 York Ave
- City
- St. Paul
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55130
- On-site location
- Truck landing bay
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
EE was working at heights and removing an outdoor section of dry sprinkler pipe that had frozen and broke due to cold weather.
What happened
EE was attempting to removing the damaged section of sprinkler pipe and while pulling on the pipe to loosen it unexpectable fell backwards from his ladder and fell onto the handrail behind him.
Injury or illness
Broken shoulder blade cracked ribs and punctured lung.
Object or substance involved
Harm resulted from the fall backwards onto the handrail.
Summary line
EE was working on an 8ft ladder on a stairwell and fell backwards onto the handrail injuring his shoulder the fall was between 3-4 feet.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sprinkler Fitter
- SOC code
- 47-2152: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- NAICS code
- 238220: Fire sprinkler system installation
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 827
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,481,378
- Establishment ID
- 927101
- Employer case #
- 313563
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-05
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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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