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OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota Department of Transportation District 7

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Minnesota Department of Transportation District 7 in Mankato, MN 56001 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transportation Generalist in transportation departments, nonoperating.

Establishment
Minnesota Department of Transportation District 7
Parent company
Minnesota Department of Transportation District 7 Headquarters (Mankato)
Street
2151 Bassett Drive
City
Mankato
State
MN
ZIP
56001
On-site location
St Peter Truck Station
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4
Days restricted or transferred
58

Repairing washouts and laying recycle back down next to cable and plate beam

Employee grabbed a safety chain to knock the material loose on the tailgate when the tailgate closed causing the chain to grab the end of the employee 's left middle finger. This resulted in a laceration to the finger.

Laceration to finger

tandem plow truck tailgate chains

Employee grabbed a safety chain to knock the material loose on the tailgate when the tailgate closed causing the chain to grab the end of the employee 's left middle finger. This resulted in a laceration to the finger.

Job description
Transportation Generalist
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
926120 — Transportation departments, nonoperating
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
365
Total hours worked
645556
Establishment ID
807183
Employer case #
11
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06FEB26:21:03:00

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.