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OSHA Injury Report: Elk River Municipal Utilities

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Elk River Municipal Utilities in Elk River, MN 55330 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lineworker in distribution of electric power.

Establishment
Elk River Municipal Utilities
Parent company
Elk River Municipal Utilities
Street
13069 Orono Pkwy
City
Elk River
State
MN
ZIP
55330
On-site location
ERMU Field Services Building - outdoors
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was practicing the rappelling down a pole with a new harness device during a training exercise.

Employee was unfamiliar with the new harness rappel device they were using to rappel down a pole and came down too fast loosing their footing upon landing and fell backward to the asphalt ground on the backside of their body.

Bruise strain to back of head and back.

The misuse of the harness rappel deceive causing them to lose their footing fall backward and strike their backside on the asphalt.

Bruise strain to head and back after falling to the ground during a rappelling training exercise.

Job description
Lineworker
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
46
Total hours worked
84026
EIN
416005125
Establishment ID
822684
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
06FEB24:21:12:00

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.