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OSHA Injury Report: Mn Dept. of Transportation

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mn Dept. of Transportation in WIllmar, MN 56201 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was transportation Generalist in pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge.

Establishment
Mn Dept. of Transportation
Parent company
Mn Dept. of Transportation
Street
2505 Transportation Road
City
WIllmar
State
MN
ZIP
56201
On-site location
Pipestone Truck Station
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Changing second set of cutting edges on plow truck.

Employee was reaching bending and lifting cutting edge

Pain in lower back

Cutting edge

Assisting a coworker changing cutting edges on plow truck. When taking the second one off I was reaching and lifting at the same time and got a severe sharp pain in lower back.

Job description
Transportation Generalist
SOC code
47-4051 — Highway Maintenance Workers
NAICS code
237310 — Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
259
Total hours worked
476626
Establishment ID
1402078
Employer case #
17
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05MAR2025:17:16:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.