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OSHA Injury Report: Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management in Alexandria, MN 56308 resulted in days away from work. Employee was plant Operator in solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous.

Establishment
Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management
Parent company
Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management
Street
2004 Nokomis Street
City
Alexandria
State
MN
ZIP
56308
On-site location
Unit 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
15

Employee was using a metal rake bar to pull a chunk of melted metal (clinker) off

The metal clinker was bigger than normal and started to slide and employee tried to hold in back but it went over the bar and slid and the bar hit his shoulder and spun him around

pain in his left shoulder

metal bar

[REDACTED] in left shoulder from trying to hold back a waste slide

Job description
Plant Operator
SOC code
51-8099 — Plant and System Operators, All Other
NAICS code
562213 — Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
64
Total hours worked
123770
EIN
473997919
Establishment ID
247187
Employer case #
17
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:22:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.