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OSHA Injury Report: Schwickerts Tecta America

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Schwickerts Tecta America in Mankato, MN 56001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was roofer in construction.

Establishment
Schwickerts Tecta America
Parent company
Schwickerts Tecta America
Street
330 Poplar St.
City
Mankato
State
MN
ZIP
56001
On-site location
Metal Fab Shop, Mankato, MN
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
45

Fabricating Metal using a metal fabrication machine. (brake)

Employee inserted piece of metal with both hands into machine to bend it. He stepped on foot pedal which activated machine before he removed his hands. The bar came down and stopped with 0.5 Inches clearance and both his thumbs were pinched in machine.

Pinched injury to both thumbs resulting in open fracture to both thumbs.

bar of metal brake machine

Employee got both thumbs caught in metal bending machine

Job description
Roofer
SOC code
47-2181 — Roofers
NAICS code
238160 — construction
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
220
Total hours worked
441750
EIN
411362395
Establishment ID
67522
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:22:20:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.