Elk River, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Elk River Municipal Utilities
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was practicing the rappelling down a pole with a new harness device during a training exercise.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Bruise strain to back of head and back.
Object or substance involved
The misuse of the harness rappel deceive causing them to lose their footing fall backward and strike their backside on the asphalt.
Summary line
Bruise strain to head and back after falling to the ground during a rappelling training exercise.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 06FEB24:21:12:00
Source
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.