Duluth, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in Duluth, MN 55806 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
- Parent company
- Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
- Street
- 2626 Courtland Street
- City
- Duluth
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55806
- On-site location
- Building 2 bar screen compactor area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Removing a plugged line from the compactor.
What happened
Employee breathed in air when moving the plugged line and felt a burning sensation in eyes and throat.
Injury or illness
Respiratory irritation.
Object or substance involved
Air from inside the pipe where there was compacted solid waste materials
Summary line
Burning sensation to eyes and nose from air from decomposing product.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9012 — Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- NAICS code
- 221320 — Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 93
- Total hours worked
- 197856
- EIN
- 410977963
- Establishment ID
- 310784
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:19:41:00
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.