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OSHA Injury Report: Freeborn County

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Freeborn County in Albert Lea, MN 56007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was highway Maintenance Worker in general services departments, government.

Establishment
Freeborn County
Parent company
Freeborn County
Street
411 S Broadway Ave
City
Albert Lea
State
MN
ZIP
56007
On-site location
County gravel road
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Employee was plowing snow in a motor grader. He got out of the grader. When he stepped up on the step to get back in his foot on the ground slipped.

Employee landed on the right side of his chest onto a brace on the moldboard (blade). The brace is a 1 piece of iron that is approximately 4 tall.

trouble breathing if exerting any energy or bending over

slick road and iron brace on snow motor grader

slipped getting into road grader hitting right side of chest trouble breathing

Job description
Highway Maintenance Worker
SOC code
47-4051 — Highway Maintenance Workers
NAICS code
921190 — General services departments, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
325
Total hours worked
710697
EIN
416005795
Establishment ID
826954
Employer case #
23-007
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:21:10:00

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.