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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Resource Recovery Facility

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Resource Recovery Facility in Detroit, MI 48226 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system.

Establishment
Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Resource Recovery Facility
Parent company
Great Lakes Water Authority
Street
735 Randolph St Ste 1900
City
Detroit
State
MI
ZIP
48226
On-site location
Bar Rack #5 - Rack and Grit building #5
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Maintenance operations inside of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] building #5

Pulling on sludge line causing injury.

Lumbar strain and spasm in lower right back.

Sludge line being pulled out of sludge.

Lumbar strain and spasm in lower right back due to pulling up a hose that was submerged in sludge.

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
221320 — Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
377
Total hours worked
862576
EIN
473993379
Establishment ID
1243767
Employer case #
23-17
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
24MAY24:14:48:00

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.