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OSHA Injury Report: Spencer Municipal Utilities

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Spencer Municipal Utilities in Spencer, IA 51301 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was electric Lineman in distribution of electric power.

Establishment
Spencer Municipal Utilities
Parent company
Spencer Municipal Utilities
Street
520 2nd Ave East Suite 1
City
Spencer
State
IA
ZIP
51301
On-site location
Tunnel under street.
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
16

Pulling underground cable.

While pulling cable by hand hunched over developed back pain.

Pain in lower back.

The weight and angle of pulling cable hunched over caused the back pain.

Lower back injury from pulling cable while hunched over.

Job description
Electric Lineman
SOC code
49-9051 — Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
48
Total hours worked
89136
EIN
426005238
Establishment ID
141019
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:20:12:00

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.