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OSHA Injury Report: Otter Lake Water Commission

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Otter Lake Water Commission in Virden, IL 62690 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oPERATOR UTILTIY in water treatment and distribution.

Establishment
Otter Lake Water Commission
Street
6475 W Montgomery Road
City
Virden
State
IL
ZIP
62690
On-site location
PHOSPHATE CHEMICAL FEED BLDG
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

ROLLING CHEMICAL DRUM TO MOVE IT

MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF CHEMICAL AND IT FELL OVER. BENT TO PICK UP DRUM.

STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

WEIGHT OF THE 55 GALLON DRUM FULL OF CHEMICAL (APPROX 600 LBS)

STRAIN TO LOWER BACK FROM PICKING UP FALLEN 55 GALLON DRUM OF CHEMICAL

Job description
OPERATOR UTILTIY
SOC code
51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
22
Total hours worked
34121
EIN
370897319
Establishment ID
1078232
Employer case #
K547796
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00:00.000
Time of incident
18:30:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:20:46:00

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.