South St. Paul, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Waterous Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Waterous Company in South St. Paul, MN 55075 resulted in days away from work. Employee was grade II in fire hydrants, complete, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Waterous Company
- Parent company
- Waterous Company
- Street
- 125 Hardman Avenue South
- City
- South St. Paul
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55075
- On-site location
- Hydrants & Valves
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 35
Before the incident
tapping a hammer on a wrench to open filter housing
What happened
Employee was changing the filter on [REDACTED]. He stated that he kneeling on one knee and was swinging the hammer to tighten the filter when he felt pain in his lower back and his legs went numb momentarily. He stated the back pain was increasing and he was walking slowly.
Injury or illness
low back strain
Object or substance involved
When he stood up that is when he felt his back pop. No object directly harmed this employee
Summary line
Employee was changing the filter on 14207 and reported back pain. |Nature of Injury: Strain |Type: Strain Overexert|Body Part: Back |Equipment: Other (large valve stand 207)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Grade II
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 332911 — Fire hydrants, complete, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 270
- Total hours worked
- 550260
- Establishment ID
- 1519798
- Employer case #
- IE-2503-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:17:45:00
Source
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.