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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 water Operator 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
Water plant chemical room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Reading scales and picked up a full 5-gallon bucket of polymer.

While lifting a full 5-gallon bucket of polymer the employee felt sharp pain in lower back.

Sharp pain in lower back.

The weight of the 5-gallon bucket of polymer being lifted.

Lower back pain while picking up full 5-gallon bucket of polymer.

Job description
Water Operator
SOC code
51-8013 — Power Plant Operators
NAICS code
221122 — Distribution of electric power
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
48
Total hours worked
89136
EIN
426005238
Establishment ID
141019
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:20:23:00

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.