Cheyenne, WY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Wyoming Department of Transportation
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Wyoming Department of Transportation in 5300 Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82009 resulted in days away from work. Employee was highway Maintenance Techn in general services departments, government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Parent company
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Street
- 5300 Bishop Blvd
- City
- Cheyenne
- State
- WY
- ZIP
- 82009
- On-site location
- Shirley Rim Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
- Days restricted or transferred
- 168
Before the incident
Cattleguard replacement with new fencing
What happened
Employee was drilling out a post hole with the gas power auger and it grabbed a rock or hard dirt and the auger went and spun me just right and my should dislocated out back words.
Injury or illness
Dislocation
Object or substance involved
Stihl post hole auger. Unit was being used properly according to witness. Everything was going as should until it caught a rock or something beneath the surface. Auger stop unfortunately the power unit did not. Upon investigation the kick out is workin
Summary line
Dislocation to Right Shoulder caused by Stihl post hole auger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Highway Maintenance Techn
- SOC code
- 49-9071: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 921190: General services departments, government
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,875
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 4,054,832
- EIN
- 836000263
- Establishment ID
- 549540
- Employer case #
- IN-202507
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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