Fergus Falls, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: General Office
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at General Office in 215 S Cascade Street, Fergus Falls, MN 56537 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was apprentice Lineman in electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- General Office
- Parent company
- Otter Tail Power Company
- Street
- 215 S Cascade Street
- City
- Fergus Falls
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 56537
- On-site location
- In a slough in Cooperstown, ND
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
removing lines from a downed power pole
What happened
He was removing the downed power lines from the broken pole laying in the water the pole shifted position and rotated. During this rotation an insulator attached to the pole rubbed the forearm of the employee. The glass insulator was chipped and cut the employee as it rotated past him. The employee was given a ride to the nearest clinic where he received seven stitches. After his clinic visit he was returned to the crew and worked the remainder of the day.
Injury or illness
Laceration of lower arm left side
Object or substance involved
Tools instruments and equipment - Tools instruments and equipment unspecified
Summary line
Lacerationof lower arm left side directly harmed by tools instruments and equipment - tools instruments and equipment unspecified
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Apprentice Lineman
- SOC code
- 49-9051: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 221112: Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 234
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 468,936
- EIN
- 410462685
- Establishment ID
- 346081
- Employer case #
- FY25-0579
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 10:19
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-03
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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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